Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was fatally injured by a rock truck. Mr. Piluso, the supervisor for Road-Ex Contracting Ltd., was performing other work while acting as a signaller, contrary to sections 104(3) and 106(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 and section 28(1)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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Four workers, employed by Direct Underground Inc., Maple, Ontario, a sewer and watermain construction company were injured, two of them fatally, during the installation of a new underground sewer system. Direct Underground Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure that the walls of the excavation were supported by a shoring system or appropriately sloped, as required by section 234(1) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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A worker, employed by Fourwinds Construction Inc. of Concord, Ontario, was fatally injured at a road widening project. Fourwinds Construction Inc. failed to ensure a headwall was stored in a way that did not endanger a worker, as required by section 37(1) of Regulation 213/91, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
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A worker, employed by New Horizon Development Group (Waterdown) Inc. of Burlington, Ontario, a construction company, fell from the roof of a building under construction. New Horizon failed to ensure there were warning signs posted about the fall hazard, as required by section 23(1)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. TKEM Electric failed to provide information, instruction or supervision related to the fall hazard as required by section 25(2)(a) of the Act.