Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
An employee of Coco Paving Inc., 949 Wilson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, a heavy civil construction company, was killed when steel casing rolled while being moved by a forklift. The accident happened on November 2, 2015 on a road reconstruction project on Highway 7 near Sciberras Road in Markham, Ontario.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A new approach to preventing fatalities and serious workplace injuries was introduced in Canada’s Prairie province in December 2019.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A person (not a worker) entered a building and fell down an elevator shaft, later succumbing to injuries. No signs were posted on the site warning of danger or that entry was forbidden, as required by law.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A foreman and the company that employed him are facing charges under Nova Scotia’s Occupational Health & Safety laws in relation to the falling death of a young labourer at a Halifax worksite.