A Toronto contractor has been fined $80,000 for its role in an incident that led to a worker fatality in 2023.

KAS Aluminum & Copper Ltd., which installs windows, eavestroughs and siding, pled guilty to charges in provincial court, and will also pay a 25-percent victim fine surcharge.

The incident occurred on a home renovation worksite in Toronto in October 2023.

A worker was helping the owner of the company, who was also their supervisor, on a home renovation project to install windows and siding.

The worker was on a veranda roof, approximately 3.6 metres above ground level, when they started climbing a ladder up to the house’s main roof to hand their supervisor a tool.

When climbing a ladder, the worker fell backwards to the ground below and was fatally injured.

A Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development investigation found that the worker had not completed mandatory Working at Heights training.

Furthermore, the worker and supervisor were not wearing fall protection, despite fall protection equipment being available in the company truck on site.