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During the work day of September 25, 2016, workers on a job site were observed not wearing fall protection (such as harnesses or hard hats) as required by Ontario Regulation 213/91, the Construction Projects Regulation.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker who was moving a bundle of steel using an overhead crane suffered permanent crushing injuries when an outer steel strut in the bundle moved inward. The accident took place at Frazier Industrial Company operating as Fracan, 163 North Murray Street, Trenton, Ontario, a steel fabrication facility. The date of the offense was March 08, 2016.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker suffered critical injuries, on June 7, 2016, at IKO Industries Ltd., a manufacturer of roofing products, after material used to make asphalt roofing products poured out of the hopper of a machine that was believed to be empty.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
Workers for Delsan – A.I.M. Environmental Services Inc., on April 18, 2016, were directing pedestrian traffic while a wall on the project site was being demolished. While a worker was escorting pedestrians underneath an overhead protection, the wall under demolition collapsed, injuring one worker and a number of pedestrians.