Posts Categorized As: Construction

Blog Post #1107 – Worker Crushed by Mobile Home, RV Resort Fined in London Court

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

Workers were moving a mobile home at the Golden Pond RV Resort, 4340 Cromarty Drive, RR 2, Mossley, Ontario, a mobile home and recreational vehicle residential park and campground, from one site to an adjacent one when the mobile home shifted, fell off the jacks supporting it, and came down on one of the workers, who died from the injuries.

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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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