Construction

An Alberta contracting company has been ordered to pay a $1,000 administrative penalty after a worker fell more than seven metres from a residential roof in Edmonton, suffering fractures to… …

A concrete pump truck operator sustained serious injuries in May 2023 when a delivery hose whipped and struck him at a housing complex worksite, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation that… …

A WorkSafeBC investigation has found that workers deviated from an engineering plan when removing a temporary bridge, causing a sudden release of energy that threw two workers and concrete blocks… …

A coroner’s jury has called for stronger workplace safety measures following the death of a construction worker at a wind turbine site in rural New Brunswick. Matthew Brawn died July… …

A roofing worker in British Columbia fell more than 7.5 metres to the ground while repairing a three-storey condominium building in June 2023, sustaining serious injuries after working outside an… …

A Burnaby roofing company has been fined more than $21,000 after WorkSafeBC found four workers on a steep-sloped roof without proper fall protection for the second time. WorkSafeBC imposed the… …

Canada’s Building Trades Unions has unanimously passed a resolution to harmonize national safety certification standards for construction workers, aiming to eliminate interprovincial barriers that prevent tradespeople from moving between provinces… …

The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board is now offering rebates of up to $2,500 to construction companies that buy automated external defibrillators for qualifying projects across Ontario. The program launched… …

Ontario will require defibrillators on large construction sites and mandate the posting of washroom cleaning records under new workplace safety regulations taking effect Jan. 1, 2026. Construction sites with 20… …