Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (February 2017)
A foreman is dead after falling approximately 12.5 metres from the fourth storey of a building at a construction site in Fredericton.
Blog Post #1489 – Chatham Demolition and Excavating Company Fined $70,000 After Workplace Fatality
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.
Blog Post #1483 – Workplace Fatality Results in $110,000 Fine for Brantford Roofing Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
On July 30, 2021, five workers, employed by Jackson Roofing & Son Contracting Inc. of Brantford, Ontario, were on the rooftop of a portable classroom at an elementary school. None of the workers were wearing fall protection, nor were there guardrails or barriers around the roof perimeter of the portable.
Blog Post #1480 – Ottawa Construction Incident Results in $125,000 Fine for Quebec-based Company
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
EBC, Inc. (the Company) failed to protect a worker from falling through a work surface opening by ensuring a protective cover was securely fastened and adequately identified.