Posts Categorized As: Construction

Blog Post #1488 – Workplace Fatality Results in $115,000 Fine for Ottawa Company

Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’

A worker, employed by Bacic Forming Concrete Ltd., sustained fatal injuries during the demolition of foundation walls at a construction project for a new single-storey residential dwelling. The employer failed to take precautions to prevent injury to a person on or near a project that may result from the demolition of a building or structure, as prescribed.

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Blog Post #1483 – Workplace Fatality Results in $110,000 Fine for Brantford Roofing Company

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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.

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Blog Post #1479 – Construction Company Fined $55,000 After Worker Injured by Unsafely Stored Building Material

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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.

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