Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Stouffville Glass, Inc., was fatally injured while hoisting an exterior building panel into place. The employer failed to comply with section 179 of Regulation 213/91, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was fatally injured during the erection of retaining walls at a construction site for a four-storey apartment building. Contrary to safety procedures, 2671475 Ontario Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure a worker was protected by means of a signaller as outlined in the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (February 2017)
A foreman is dead after falling approximately 12.5 metres from the fourth storey of a building at a construction site in Fredericton.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Two workers, employed by Aluma Systems Inc. of Bolton, Ontario, were injured when the shoring under a concrete pouring operation collapsed. Aluma Systems Inc. failed to ensure re-shoring was supported and braced appropriately.