Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Dr. Bonnie Burke, Regional Supervising Coroner for Central Region, Toronto East Office, today announced that an inquest will be held into the death of Michael Albert Lavigne.
Blog Post #1146 – Worker Fatality Results in $325,000 Fine for Coco Paving
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
An employee of Coco Paving Inc., 949 Wilson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, a heavy civil construction company, was killed when steel casing rolled while being moved by a forklift. The accident happened on November 2, 2015 on a road reconstruction project on Highway 7 near Sciberras Road in Markham, Ontario.
Blog Post #1125 – Worker Dies in Wall Collapse, Company Fined $115,000
At an excavation at a residence on Pine Crescent in Toronto, a worker was killed when an excavated dirt wall collapsed due to lack of support. The employer, SMID Construction Ltd., a general construction contractor out of Ajax, Ontario, was convicted on June 21, 2018.
Blog Post #1038 – Speeding a Risk in Work Zones in Newfoundland
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine
Nearly half of the vehicles violated the speed limit in construction zones, according to a report on a pilot project that examined the effectiveness of camera technologies in construction zones released on March 07, 2019.