Construction

By Isaac Phan Nay | The Tyee More than 13 years after one pipe layer was killed and another injured while replacing a Burnaby storm sewer, their employer is in court for a… …

By Bob Mackin | Prince George Citizen A man accused of spitting in a city worker’s face in August 2024 was acquitted Feb. 23 in Prince George Provincial Court of an… …

A form wall at a highrise construction excavation site collapsed in February 2023, trapping a worker beneath it and causing serious injuries, a WorkSafeBC investigation has found. Workers were spraying… …

A London, Ont., construction company and two of its supervisors have been fined a combined $130,000 after two separate roof collapses during concrete pours injured workers at two job sites.… …

An Alberta roofing company has been denied an appeal of a $6,000 administrative penalty after four workers were found performing work on a residential roof without fall protection, despite the… …

A concrete pump truck’s boom collapsed at a Vancouver-area construction site after years of undetected fatigue cracks in a critical component, a WorkSafeBC investigation has concluded. The August 2023 incident… …

A worker died after falling approximately 22 feet through an elevator shaft while walking across two wooden boards at a house under construction, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation into the… …

Arpa Investments has been fined $7,877.47 after a subcontracted worker fell through an HVAC shaft opening and landed on the second floor at a construction site in Kamloops. WorkSafeBC imposed… …

A King, Ont. construction company has been fined $140,000 after a worker was critically injured when an unsupported concrete basement wall collapsed at a residential job site. E.H.E. Construction Group… …