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Update: Two dead in construction mishap in London; recovery effort underway
The incident on Friday killed two people and injured five others, city officials said. One person killed had earlier been taken from the scene but the other remained trapped.
One dead, one trapped, five others hurt after London, Ont., building collapse
One person was dead and another remained trapped under rubble hours after a four−storey wall collapsed at a construction site in London, Ont., officials announced Friday, as firefighters continued digging through the debris.
Addressing racism in construction
Three presenters from EllisDon spoke with OGCA president Giovanni Cautillo on a special webinar about racism in construction, and the tools the construction giant has put in place since a number of racist incidents occurred on one of its Toronto sites in the summer.
Truck driver sentenced in construction site fatality
A truck driver has been fined $8,000 and given a year’s probation for his role in an accident that led to the death of a pedestrian on an Aecon job site in Richmond Hill in the summer of 2019.
Fall leads to $55,000 fine for Chelmsford company
A worker who was removing snow from the roof of a shed fell through a skylight. The worker was not using safety equipment as required by law.