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Blog Post #1315 – Trench Collapse Kills Worker

  • February 12, 2022
  • Dan
  • Alberta Safety, Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Construction, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Excavations, Health and Safety, Trenching
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2015) A 55-year-old male construction worker in Edmonton has died after a sewer trench in which he was digging collapsed, burying him under...
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Blog Post #1287 – Construction Fatality in Caledon, Brampton Company Fined $150,000

  • November 13, 2021
  • Dan
  • Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Construction, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Ontario Health and Safety, Traffic Control, Trenching
 Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ A worker, employed by Graham Bros. Construction Ltd. of Brampton, Ontario, was killed after being struck by the bucket of an excavator at...
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Blog Post #1125 – Worker Dies in Wall Collapse, Company Fined $115,000

  • February 8, 2020
  • Dan
  • Blog, Construction, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Excavations, Federal, Federal, Health and Safety, Ontario Health and Safety, Trenching
At an excavation at a residence on Pine Crescent in Toronto, a worker was killed when an excavated dirt wall collapsed due to lack of support. The employer, SMID...
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Blog Post #1112 – Concrete Pumper Injures Worker, Manotick Company Fined $70,000

  • January 12, 2020
  • Dan
  • Blog, Canadian Health and Safety, Construction, Due Diligence, Employer Responsibilities, Health and Safety, Ontario Health and Safety, Trenching
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’ An employee of Manotick Concrete Inc., 1249 River Road, Manotick, Ontario, provides concrete forming and foundation supplies, suffered critical injuries while working as...
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