A worker was fatally injured when the employer failed to install blocking required to prevent the collapse or movement of a piece of equipment being repaired.

One of the company’s five workers was clearing brush and felling trees from a worksite when they were fatally injured by a falling tree.

A spokesperson for the utility called it a "tragic workplace incident." 

Founded by a dozen of the country’s leading general contractors, the Canadian Construction Safety Council aims to elevate safety performance across the industry.

A construction foreman working for a road contractor has been fined $20,000 in connection with a 2022 incident that led to a fatal injury.