Construction

A luffing tower crane’s jib partially collapsed at a highrise construction site in January 2024, narrowly missing several workers, a WorkSafeBC investigation has found. The incident happened during morning testing.… …

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A WorkSafeBC investigation has concluded that a flooring worker died after falling through an unguarded second-floor opening at a newly built British Columbia elementary school in August 2023. The worker… …

A Manhattan personal injury law firm has published a guide explaining New York state’s Labour Law Section 240, known as the Scaffold Law — one of the few statutes in …

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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… …