Background
A crane was brought to the worksite – a community centre and library complex under construction – for hoisting purposes. On April 9, 2015, Forma-Con worker Andry Sokhan, a licensed crane operator, sent text messages to supervisor Gordon Graham indicating that the crane was a danger; Graham responded that if the crane posed a danger it should be shut down. The crane continued to be used.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker who was moving a bundle of steel using an overhead crane suffered permanent crushing injuries when an outer steel strut in the bundle moved inward. The accident took place at Frazier Industrial Company operating as Fracan, 163 North Murray Street, Trenton, Ontario, a steel fabrication facility. The date of the offense was March 08, 2016.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Part of a tower crane that was being taken apart tipped over and fell on a worker, who suffered fatal injuries.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A steel-recycling company in Windsor, Ontario was fined $55,000 on March 22, 2019 over a worker injury in 2017.