Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Canadian Waste Management Inc. of Mississauga, Ontario, was injured after reaching into the hopper of a waste collection truck while its machinery was engaged. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure the truck was equipped with, and guarded by, a guard or other device to prevent access to its moving parts.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by James Curran Expert Removal & Excavating Limited., died after falling from the upper level of a building that was being demolished. James Curran Expert Removal & Excavating Limited failed to ensure that the worker was adequately protected by a method of fall protection when exposed to a fall of more than three metres.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Bacic Forming Concrete Ltd., sustained fatal injuries during the demolition of foundation walls at a construction project for a new single-storey residential dwelling. The employer failed to take precautions to prevent injury to a person on or near a project that may result from the demolition of a building or structure, as prescribed.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker was fatally injured during the movement of concrete slabs. Fritz Construction Services Inc. (the Company), from Chepstow, Ontario, failed as an employer to ensure that measures and procedures prescribed by regulation were carried out at a worksite.