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.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Spartan Weatherguard Exteriors, of North Gower, Ontario, was seriously injured when they slipped on ice that had accumulated on an elevated platform and fell through a gap between the platform and a wall.
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.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Eric Lemire Enterprises Inc., an Ottawa construction company specializing in erecting structural and miscellaneous steel, was injured by a steel truss that tipped over. Eric Lemire Enterprises Inc. failed, as an employer, to ensure material or equipment at a project was stored and moved in a manner that did not endanger a worker.