Posts Categorized As: Engineering Standards

Blog Post #921 – Subway Construction Death and Injuries Result in Trial, $50,000 In Fines to Subcontractor

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

The 2011 death of a worker and injury to another at a Toronto Transit Commission subway construction site in North York has resulted in a $50,000 fine to a subcontractor of the project. Following a trial, Advanced Construction Techniques Ltd. was found guilty on August 16, 2016 and sentenced in court on September 26, 2016 by Judge Brent Knazan.

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Blog Post #911 – Glencore Canada Corp. Charged

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine

Toronto-based mining company, Glencore Canada Corp. is facing multiple charges over the death of 54-year-old Richard Pigeau, who was killed when a piece of machinery struck him at the nickel Rim South Mine in Sudbury on October 20, 2015.

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