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 #1287 – Construction Fatality in Caledon, Brampton Company Fined $150,000
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Graham Bros. Construction Ltd. of Brampton, Ontario, was killed after being struck by the bucket of an excavator at a construction project in Caledon.