OH&S Archives - constructconnect.com Canada's construction news Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:08:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/cropped-favicon-32x32-1-32x32.png OH&S Archives - constructconnect.com 32 32 Crane contacts work platform at Bruce jobsite, no injuries /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/crane-contacts-work-platform-at-bruce-jobsite-no-injuries /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/crane-contacts-work-platform-at-bruce-jobsite-no-injuries#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 17:08:00 +0000 /?p=392479 TIVERTON, ONT. – Bruce Power has confirmed there was a workplace incident on Sept. 6 involving a crane. Bruce’s corporate affairs department stated the mishap involved a crane that made contact with a work platform. Work was stopped and no injuries occurred. “Our team demonstrated the right behaviours and immediately stopped work and placed all […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/crane-contacts-work-platform-at-bruce-jobsite-no-injuries/feed 0 Flush toilets coming Oct. 1 for B.C. construction sites /joc/news/ohs/2024/09/flush-toilets-coming-oct-1-for-b-c-construction-sites /joc/news/ohs/2024/09/flush-toilets-coming-oct-1-for-b-c-construction-sites#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2024 16:49:33 +0000 /?p=392468 VICTORIA – British Columbia construction workers will soon have access to flush toilets on worksites. Changes to the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulation will make it mandatory for sites with 25 or more workers to provide flush toilets, hand-washing facilities and clean washrooms. The changes to the regulation come into effect Oct. 1, a […]

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]]> /joc/news/ohs/2024/09/flush-toilets-coming-oct-1-for-b-c-construction-sites/feed 0 Ottawa company fined $55,000 for worker injury /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/ottawa-company-fined-55000-for-worker-injury /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/ottawa-company-fined-55000-for-worker-injury#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:00:54 +0000 /?p=392161 OTTAWA – Claridge Homes Inc. was fined $55,000 after a worker was injured by a swinging peri box that was rigged to a tower crane.  The incident occurred Oct. 25, 2022 at a highrise construction project at 1707 Carling Ave. in Ottawa. The conviction was announced July 18 following a guilty plea in the Provincial […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/ottawa-company-fined-55000-for-worker-injury/feed 0 Windsor construction companies convicted in wall collapse mishap /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/windsor-construction-companies-convicted-in-wall-collapse-mishap /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/windsor-construction-companies-convicted-in-wall-collapse-mishap#respond Thu, 05 Sep 2024 05:00:00 +0000 /?p=392185 WINDSOR, ONT. – Two Windsor, Ont.-based construction companies have been fined after two workers were injured when a section of an unbraced masonry block wall collapsed on a worksite. Fortis Construction Group Inc., a general contracting company, was fined $85,000 by Justice of the Peace Susan Hoffman on Nov. 6, 2023 and Vito Masonry Ltd., […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/windsor-construction-companies-convicted-in-wall-collapse-mishap/feed 0 The Grenfell fire inquiry has ended with a damning report. So now what? /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/the-grenfell-fire-inquiry-has-ended-with-a-damning-report-so-now-what /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/the-grenfell-fire-inquiry-has-ended-with-a-damning-report-so-now-what#respond Wed, 04 Sep 2024 16:28:40 +0000 /?p=392129 LONDON – Now that an independent inquiry has completed its investigation into Britain’s deadliest residential fire since World War II, survivors and bereaved relatives are demanding that criminal charges be brought against those responsible for the 2017 blaze that killed 72 people. The Grenfell Tower inquiry released its final report on Wednesday, a 1,700-page document that detailed how the […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/09/the-grenfell-fire-inquiry-has-ended-with-a-damning-report-so-now-what/feed 0 B.C. mining project ordered to shut down unauthorized work camp /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/b-c-mining-project-ordered-to-shut-down-unauthorized-work-camp /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/b-c-mining-project-ordered-to-shut-down-unauthorized-work-camp#respond Thu, 29 Aug 2024 05:00:55 +0000 /?p=391731 VANDERHOOF, B.C. – The province of British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) has issued an order for a B.C. mining company to shut down an unauthorized work camp. The order was issued to BW Gold Ltd. on July 31 for its Blackwater Gold project located 110 kilometres south of Vanderhoof, B.C. An on-site inspection on […]

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]]> /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/b-c-mining-project-ordered-to-shut-down-unauthorized-work-camp/feed 0 Town of Kindersley fined $175,000 for worker fatality /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/town-of-kindersley-fined-175000-for-worker-fatality /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/town-of-kindersley-fined-175000-for-worker-fatality#respond Wed, 28 Aug 2024 05:00:41 +0000 /?p=391476 KINDERSLEY, SASK. – The Town of Kindersley, Sask. pleaded guilty on Aug. 13 in Kindersley Provincial Court to one violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. The charges stemmed from a worksite incident that occurred on Aug. 30, 2022, when a worker was fatally injured when entering a sewer manhole. The town was charged with […]

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]]> /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/town-of-kindersley-fined-175000-for-worker-fatality/feed 0 Removal underway for huge crane blocking Vancouver, B.C., street /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/removal-underway-for-huge-crane-blocking-vancouver-b-c-street /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/removal-underway-for-huge-crane-blocking-vancouver-b-c-street#respond Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:18:51 +0000 /?p=391155 VANCOUVER – A City of Vancouver official says a huge crane that crashed down on a busy street will likely be removed in two days, after blocking the route for more than two weeks. Saul Schwebs says crews are “demolishing the crane, not salvaging it.” The chief building official says British Columbia’s worker safety agency, WorkSafeBC, gave the […]

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]]> /joc/news/ohs/2024/08/removal-underway-for-huge-crane-blocking-vancouver-b-c-street/feed 0 Cleanup underway after Montreal watermain break floods streets and homes /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/08/cleanup-underway-after-montreal-watermain-break-floods-streets-and-homes /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/08/cleanup-underway-after-montreal-watermain-break-floods-streets-and-homes#respond Mon, 19 Aug 2024 10:44:13 +0000 /?p=390842 MONTREAL – A Montreal city spokesman warns it will be weeks before repairs can be completed on a major watermain that broke near the Jacques Cartier Bridge on Aug. 16, flooding dozens of buildings and leaving some 150,000 homes under a boil-water advisory for over a day.  All streets had reopened to traffic on Aug. […]

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]]> /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/08/cleanup-underway-after-montreal-watermain-break-floods-streets-and-homes/feed 0 Rail bridge collapses on U.S.-Canada border /dcn/news/ohs/2024/08/rail-bridge-collapses-on-u-s-canada-border /dcn/news/ohs/2024/08/rail-bridge-collapses-on-u-s-canada-border#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:52:53 +0000 /?p=390781 FORT FRANCES, ONT. — A century-old rail lift bridge that crosses the U.S.-Canada border near the cities of International Falls, Minn., and Fort Frances, Ont., has collapsed, and it’s unclear when the area will reopen to water traffic along the Rainy River. No trains were involved, and no one was injured in the collapse, according to […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/08/rail-bridge-collapses-on-u-s-canada-border/feed 0 Toronto fire says downtown building evacuated, at risk of collapse /dcn/news/ohs/2024/08/toronto-fire-says-downtown-building-evacuated-at-risk-of-collapse /dcn/news/ohs/2024/08/toronto-fire-says-downtown-building-evacuated-at-risk-of-collapse#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 18:52:21 +0000 /?p=390785 TORONTO – Toronto Fire Services say a two-storey downtown building has been evacuated and is at risk of collapsing due to a compromised roof.   Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop says around 10 a.m., fire services responded to a report of a structural collapse at Dundas Street West near Kensington Market, following an emergency call […]

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]]> /dcn/news/ohs/2024/08/toronto-fire-says-downtown-building-evacuated-at-risk-of-collapse/feed 0 Your top DCN headlines: Aug. 12 to 16 /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/08/your-top-dcn-headlines-aug-12-to-16 /dcn/news/infrastructure/2024/08/your-top-dcn-headlines-aug-12-to-16#respond Fri, 16 Aug 2024 07:55:43 +0000 /?p=390627 Your top DCN headlines this week feature news a worker who was trapped in a trench at a residential construction jobsite in Etobicoke passed away as a result of his injuries; the first phase of 2,800 units has been approved for Toronto’s Quayside project; developer Medallion has announced six new rental buildings are underway across […]

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