Posts Categorized As: Construction

Blog Post #1101 – Worker Fatality in Brampton, Company Fined $175,000

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

On a worksite of a warehouse under construction in Brampton, Ontario, an employee of Dematic Limited, a company that provides supply chain automation, material handling, warehouse management, became pinned between the guardrail of a work platform and a steel structure and died from the injuries. The accident occurred on August 06, 2016.

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Blog Post #1095 – Worker Pulled into Traffic and Injured, Employer Fined $50,000

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 An employee working for Liqui-Force Services (Ontario) Inc. received critical injuries after being pulled into moving traffic by a cable. Liqui-Force Services (Ontario) Inc., operates a no-dig, pipeline rehabilitation service and offers complete pipeline system inspection, assessment, rehabilitation and maintenance. The accident took place on February 28, 2017.

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