Posts Categorized As: Engineering Standards

Blog Post #1256 – Death of Worker, Injuries to Others Result in $175,000 Fine to Windsor Concrete Manufacturer

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

One worker was killed and another seriously injured when anchor plates being used in the construction of a bridge girder slid from their supports and failed, striking the workers. The employer was Pre-stressed Systems Inc. (PSI Inc.), of Windsor, Ontario, a manufacturer of pre-stressed and pre-cast concrete products.

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Blog Post #1233 – Fatality Results in $125,000 Fine for Sudbury Construction Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

 A worker was killed after jumping from a truck that was rolling backward and downhill at a culvert and bridge rehabilitation project north of Elliot Lake on Highway 639. The worker was employed by Teranorth Construction & Engineering Ltd. of Sudbury, Ontario; a business focusing on highway construction, municipal infrastructure and site development.

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