Posts Tagged As: Fall Protection in Ontario

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 #1275 – Fatal Fall at Hamilton Construction Project Results in $150,000 Fine for Toronto Construction Firm

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

On Oct. 15, 2018, a worker employed by Welldone Inc. of Toronto, Ontario, a company that specializes in restoration work, fell from the roof of the building and was killed by the fall. The worker was not protected by a guardrail or travel restraint system as required by law.

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