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Road trip: EllisDon executive tour fosters new safety initiatives

Road trip: EllisDon executive tour fosters new safety initiatives
A not-quite-finished series of country-wide tours by senior EllisDon executives has been the catalyst for the creation of a number of new and enhanced safety programs and initiatives. Included in that list is the development of labour foreperson training...
Labour , OH&S

Study of Pittsburgh bridge collapse looking at leg fractures
PITTSBURGH - Investigators looking into the collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge near...
Government , OH&S , US News

Quebec contractors promised leniency on Bill 59: Cote
The head of the Quebec general contractors association says he has been reassure...
OH&S

Lucky seven: Your 2022 VICA safety award winners
Despite the challenges of staying focused during the disruption of the COVID yea...
Associations , OH&S
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Road trip: EllisDon executive tour fosters new safety initiatives
A not-quite-finished series of country-wide tours by senior EllisDon executives...
Labour , OH&S

Study of Pittsburgh bridge collapse looking at leg fractures
PITTSBURGH - Investigators looking into the collapse of a Pittsburgh bridge near...
Government , OH&S , US News

Quebec contractors promised leniency on Bill 59: Cote
The head of the Quebec general contractors association says he has been reassure...
OH&S

Lucky seven: Your 2022 VICA safety award winners
Despite the challenges of staying focused during the disruption of the COVID yea...
Associations , OH&S

Bell Let’s Talk Day: Creating positive change on jobsites
TORONTO — The Bell Let’s Talk mental health initiative was launched in September...
OH&S

Roof collapse injury can’t stop Cole Bernier from inspiring others
In September 2015, on what had been an otherwise ordinary workday, a roof collap...
OH&S , US News

Your top DCN headlines: Jan. 16 to 20
Your top DCN headlines this week cover an initiative by EllisDon that supports w...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects

Quebec police identify three victims of propane explosion last week
MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police have formally identified three people who di...
OH&S

One NB Power technician killed, another injured on the job
MONCTON, N.B. — An incident involving two powerline technicians working in the M...
OH&S

Report urges worker safety while respecting cultural differences
A new research paper argues that as increasing numbers of immigrants are welcome...
Labour , OH&S

Your top DCN headlines: Jan. 9 to 13
Your top DCN headlines this week cover news another sewage spill has been uncove...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , OH&S

Worker dies after partial collapse of Chicago building
CHICAGO - A construction worker trapped under debris when a Chicago residential...
OH&S , US News

Charges laid in six deaths at Barrie construction site
BARRIE, ONT. — Barrie Police have announced that Con-Drain Company (1983) Ltd. h...
Government , OH&S

Workers reported missing after explosion rocks propane facility north of Montreal
SAINT-ROCH-DE-L'ACHIGAN, Que. - Municipal officials say as many as four workers...
Government , OH&S

One injured after St. Catharines explosion, fire at industrial facility
ST. CATHARINES, ONT. — St. Catharines Fire Services Chief says one person has be...
OH&S

Employer convicted in December 2020 construction death in Windsor
The first of three trials under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OH...
OH&S

Death has Finning International facing five Alberta OH&S charges
Five safety violations have been laid against Finning International Inc. nearly...
OH&S

Fire ignites during demolition work at former Lambton Generating Station
CORUNNA, ONT. — A fire broke out during demolition at the former Lambton Generat...
OH&S

Charges laid one year after deadly Ottawa workplace explosion
OTTAWA — Charges were recently laid against Eastway Tank, Pump and Meter Limited...
OH&S

Build Smoke-Free construction site campaign aims to expand reach
Five years in, the Build Smoke-Free campaign to convince tobacco smokers on cons...
OH&S

London Fire crews rescue workers from 25th floor
LONDON, ONT. — Multiple investigations are taking place after a floor partially...
OH&S

THE LATEST: Truck driver charged after sign struck and collapsed onto Highway 401 near Whitby
WHITBY, ONT. — A 24-year-old man from Brampton, Ont. is facing multiple charges...
OH&S

Crane crashes onto mall in Norway amid high winds; one dead
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — A construction crane crashed onto a shopping mall in centr...
OH&S

Constructors urged to end ‘cycle of secrecy’ about prostate cancer
A Black men’s health organization in the Greater Toronto Area is reaching out to...
OH&S

Your top DCN headlines: Jan. 2 to 6
Your top DCN headlines to kick off the new year feature an interview with Skille...
Government , Labour , OH&S , Projects

Builder fined $200,000 in St. Catharines elevator platform collapse
WELLAND, ONT. — A Hamilton-area constructor has been fined $200,000 for a 2021 i...
OH&S

Inquest into Oro quarry death set for January
TORONTO — An Ontario coroner has announced the date for the inquest into the dea...
OH&S

The front page 2022: when news broke, the DCN raced to deliver the details
While there were many trends and issues that made headlines time and again throu...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Labour , OH&S

Your top DCN headlines: Dec. 19 to 23
Your top DCN headlines this week cover contractor concerns in Quebec over new he...
Economic , Government , OH&S , Projects

Suncor faces charges related to injury of offshore Nfld. worker: regulator
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore oil and gas regulator sa...
OH&S

Explosion rips through gas pipeline in Russia
MOSCOW - An explosion on a section of a Europe-bound natural gas pipeline in wes...
OH&S , Resource

Roofing company, food producer charged following workplace fatality
TORONTO — A roofing company and a food producer have been fined $300,000 after a...
OH&S
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Construction bosses in the hot seat at investors conference
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One NB Power technician killed, another injured on the job
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