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Worker’s death in tower crane lift traced to safety failures: WorkSafeBC

by Todd Humber
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A worker died after a large piece of concrete formwork fell 26 storeys and struck them on a British Columbia highrise construction site, and a WorkSafeBC investigation has now traced…

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Todd Humber is an award-winning workplace journalist who has been covering the HR, employment law, and workplace safety beats for 25 years. He is the publisher and editor-in-chief at Safety News Canada, published by North Wall Media.

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