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Canada’s Building Trades Unions (CBTU) urged the country’s labour ministers Thursday to harmonize safety training standards across the construction industry, arguing that the current patchwork of provincial and territorial regimes… …

A Norwich, Ont., construction company has been fined $60,000 after a worker fell to his death through barn roof trusses at a Thamesford dairy farm in December 2023. Hendrik Jan… …

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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… …

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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 Toronto-based mining company has been fined $120,000 after a worker fell from a scissor lift and sustained critical injuries at an underground mine near Sudbury, Ont. Glencore Canada Corporation… …

A Burlington, Ont., manufacturer has been fined $50,000 after a worker fell approximately 14 feet from an elevated lift and sustained critical injuries when the platform was struck by moving… …

A worker who died after falling from a stepladder in September 2023 was using equipment that was too short for the job and had no safety oversight at the worksite,… …