Posts Categorized As: Fall Protection

Blog Post #1352 – Employee Perishes in Fall

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (Nov. 2015)

A construction employee was killed in a fall at a worksite in Montréal, when the platform in which he was standing suddenly overturned. The incident occurred on September 15, 2015 at the Champlain Bridge’s ice-control structure over the St. Lawrence River, according to the provincial police force, the Sûreté du Québec (SQ)

Blog Post #1335 – Worker’s Injuries from Construction Site Fall in Waterloo Results in $60,000 Fine for Innisfil Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by MTN Construction out of Innisfil, Ontario, fell 21 feet to the ground, sustaining injuries. Workers had not been given site-specific training nor had they been trained on where and how to properly tie off their fall protection equipment on this job site.