TORONTO — A project supervisor employed by The Lake Partnership Inc. has been fined $10,000 in relation to a 2022 incident that took place on a home construction project at 229 Riverside Dr. in Toronto where a worker was seriously injured in a fall.
On Dec. 20, 2022, Ryan Wilkes was the project supervisor at the site, which included workers from his company and two framing subcontractors.
According to an Ontario court bulletin, there were openings in the floor at each level of the building for a planned elevator shaft. The opening to the shaft on the first floor was covered by sheets of insulation made of dense polystyrene, featuring the words “DO NOT STEP.”
While a framer was working on the first floor, they stepped onto the material covering the opening for the elevator shaft and fell through to the basement floor.
A subsequent Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development investigation found the polystyrene covering did not meet the requirements for a protective covering set out in section 26.3(2) of the Construction Regulation, nor was there an adequate guardrail system in place around the opening as required by section 26.3(2).
Wilkes failed, as a supervisor, to ensure a worker worked with the protective devices, measures and procedures required by section 26.3(2) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, contrary to section 27(1)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
He was convicted Sept. 27, 2024.
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