Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine – Issued – September 2010
A video of what appears to be unsafe work practices at a Calgary construction site has prompted an investigation by the province and action by municipal building officials.
Blog Post #458 – Falling Worker Escapes Harm
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A window washer cleaning a Toronto building was saved by his fall arrest system after an equipment malfunction caused him to drop almost 20 storeys.
Blog Post #38 – Montreal Window Washer Dies after Falling More than 18 Stories
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
A window washer plummeted to his death, on August 18, 2009, from the 18th storey of a downtown skyscraper Tuesday afternoon. He fell onto a platform of the Blue Cross building at the corner on President-Kennedy Ave. and Aylmer St. at 1:30 p.m.
Blog Post #31 – An Example Bill C45 is Working and is Needed
We all remember the scaffold accident that happened near the end of Christmas Eve day at the end of 2009. Metron Construction Inc. had 5 employees on their swing stage and it broke sending 4 out of the 5 employees to their death, 13 stories below. The 5th employee received 2 broken legs and a crushed spine.