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UPDATE: Workers injured in scaffolding collapse at Courtice jobsite

COURTICE, ONT. — Days after two workers died and two others were injured in a tr...

OH&S August 10, 2022

Algoma Steel reports on fire on coal conveyor

SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. — Algoma Steel Group has announced that a fire occurred o...

OH&S August 10, 2022

Update: Two years after two crane incidents, what has been learned

It’s been over two years since two crane collapses took place in Toronto and alt...

Government , OH&S August 9, 2022

UPDATE: Rescue crews recover two bodies from construction site trench collapse in Ajax

AJAX, Ont. — The bodies of two men have been recovered from a construction site...

OH&S August 8, 2022

Ayton constructor fined following critical fall injury

OWEN SOUND, ONT. — Domm Construction of Ayton, Ont. has been convicted and fined...

OH&S August 8, 2022

Your Top DCN Headlines: Aug. 1 to 5

Your top Daily Commercial News headlines for this week include how unregulated d...

Government , Infrastructure , Labour , OH&S , Technology August 5, 2022

Unregulated drugs drive Ontario construction opioid deaths: report

Construction policy makers are being urged to continue to press for solutions to...

OH&S August 5, 2022

IWH, OCRC project delves into role of employment in opioid crisis

The number of people who die or who are being hospitalized due to opioids contin...

OH&S August 2, 2022

Your top DCN headlines: July 25 to 29

Your top DCN headlines this week cover the announcement of a major home run reno...

OH&S , Projects , Resource July 29, 2022

Company fined $125,000 following fatality caused by falling excavator counterweight

TORONTO — Concord, Ont.-based Orin Contracting Services Inc. has been fined $125...

OH&S July 28, 2022

Worker sustains injury from concrete slab in Caledon

CALEDON, ONT. — A man was airlifted to hospital after a concrete slab fell on hi...

OH&S July 27, 2022

CAF receives funding to tackle apprentice opioid use

The Canadian Apprenticeship Forum (CAF) has received $575,000 from the federal g...

Government , OH&S July 27, 2022

WSIB partners with Sault hospital and Axia Health

SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT.—The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has annou...

Labour , OH&S July 25, 2022

NCOSH welcomes OSHA action on trench collapses

LOS ANGELES—The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has in...

OH&S , US News July 22, 2022

Two dead, 10 injured in multi-vehicle crash near construction zone on highway south of Montreal

BROSSARD — Quebec provincial police say two people are dead and 10 injured after...

OH&S July 20, 2022

Your top DCN headlines: July 11 to 15

Your top DCN headlines this week cover news LIUNA needs 30,000 more workers to t...

Economic , Labour , OH&S July 15, 2022

OH&S Legal Update: Government now has two years to lay charges for safety violations

Effective July 1, the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Devel...

OH&S July 14, 2022

Japan court holds ex TEPCO execs liable for Fukushima crisis

TOKYO - A Tokyo court on Wednesday ordered four former executives at the utility...

Government , Infrastructure , OH&S July 14, 2022

Company and supervisor fined following worker fall from roof

TORONTO — A worker was injured after falling 30 feet from a roof at a constructi...

OH&S July 13, 2022

High pressure gas lines blown in Toronto, residents of condos forced to evacuate

TORONTO — High pressure gas lines have “blown” at a restaurant near Blue Jays Wa...

OH&S July 12, 2022

Parking structure ceiling partially collapses near Finch West LRT construction site

The roof of an underground parking structure in a highrise building located next...

OH&S July 12, 2022

Toronto worker in critical condition after trench collapses

TORONTO — Toronto Police reported that a male worker was injured and unconscious...

OH&S July 12, 2022

Hamilton Mountain fire destroys 23 homes

HAMILTON — A large blaze destroyed two dozen homes under construction in the Rym...

OH&S July 12, 2022

Inquests scheduled for three Ontario construction site deaths

TORONTO — Three inquests into deaths that occurred on construction sites in Onta...

OH&S July 12, 2022

Baxter appointed board chair of Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety

OTTAWA—The federal government has announced four appointments and a reappointmen...

Government , OH&S July 11, 2022

Suncor Energy says president and CEO Mark Little has stepped down, resigns from board

CALGARY - Suncor Energy Inc. chief executive Mark Little has stepped down as pre...

Economic , OH&S , Resource July 9, 2022

McFarling appointed chair of WSIB health and safety committee

TORONTO—Sean McFarling was recently appointed to the position of chair of the Wo...

Labour , OH&S July 8, 2022

Your top DCN headlines: July 4 to 8

Your top DCN headlines this week feature video captured of a worker dangling fro...

Economic , Labour , OH&S , Technology July 8, 2022

Trial opens in deadly collapse of Italy’s Morandi Bridge

GENOA, ITALY - Fifty-nine people went on trial Thursday for the 2018 collapse of...

Government , Infrastructure , OH&S July 7, 2022

Update: Video shows worker dangling from crane load at PCL site in Toronto

A video of a man dangling from a crane load at a construction site in downtown T...

OH&S July 6, 2022

WSIB boosts small business health and safety awards

TORONTO — The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) recently announced it...

OH&S July 5, 2022

Mass timber can perform well under fire, large-scale tests confirm

OTTAWA — A full-scale research fire test has found the fire performance of a mas...

OH&S , Resource June 30, 2022

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