Woodall Construction Co. Limited and Victoria Steel Corporation were found guilty and fined a total of $150,000 in an Ontario court after a worker was injured at their project site.
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Woodall Construction Co. Limited and Victoria Steel Corporation were found guilty and fined a total of $150,000 in an Ontario court after a worker was injured at their project site.
Woodall Construction Co. Limited was working on a project and had contracted Victoria Steel Corporation to install the building’s frame. On October 6, 2004, a Victoria Steel ironworker, while fitting a beam into place, asked another worker to loosen the anchor bolt connecting a supporting column to the ground.
The loosening of this bolt caused the support column to collapse. The ironworker fell over 11 metres and suffered broken bones, a collapsed lung, and a dislocated shoulder.
Woodall and Victoria were both fined $75,000 for failing, as an employer, to ensure that specific health and safety measures and procedures were carried out.
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