Posts Categorized As: Excavations

Blog Post #58 – Explosion Kills Homeowner – Lands Aecon With a $225,000 Fine

Aecon Construction Group Inc. was fined $225,000 on March 7 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after an explosion that killed a homeowner.

During the summer and fall of 2008, Union Gas Ltd. started providing natural gas service to residential neighbourhoods outside of Owen Sound. Union Gas contracted Aecon to install the natural gas lines. One of the homes being serviced, on Front St. in East Linton, had a private propane service on the property. This included a storage tank and buried supply lines.

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Blog Post #52 – T.K.S. Holdings Inc. And Supervisor Fined $55,000 Total After Partial Building Collapse

Excerpts from the Ontario Government Newsroom

T.K.S. Holdings Inc., an Ottawa real estate and construction company, pleaded guilty and was fined $50,000 on January 15, 2010, for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a partial building collapse. The owner of the building and the company, Tony Shahrasebi, pleaded guilty and was fined $5,000.

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