Ontario Construction
Fatalities (Deaths) for 1999
ONTARIO MINISTRY OF LABOUR
CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM
FATALITIES 1999
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January 29, 1999 A worker engaged in the installation of
siding on a Clinker Storage Geodesic Dome in Picton died as the result of
injuries sustained when he fell 140 feet from the top of the dome to the
concrete floor below.
February, 1999 No fatalities.
March 12, 1999 A worker engaged in the dismantling of an
overhead crane at a project in Hamilton was killed when he cut through the
axle, the axle sheered off under a load and struck the worker in the
head.
March 30, 1999 A worker was electrocuted when the
aluminum ladder that he and another worker were carrying struck an overhead
electrical conductor on a residential project in Durham.
April 7, 1999 A worker sustained fatal injuries when he fell
24 feet from the rafters of a two-storey house under construction in Oakville.
April 14, 1999 A worker sustained fatal injuries when he fell 7'3" from a ladder while installing siding on a house in Hawkesbury.
May 11, 1999 A 66 year old, not an employee, fell from
a ladder placed on loose planking on the second floor joists through to the
first floor of a log home under construction in Wiarton.
May 13, 1999 A worker engaged in the dismantling of a
material hoist on a high rise project in Toronto fell 9 floors to his
death when the structure collapsed.
July 4, 1999 - A worker succumbed to injuries sustained
on May 19, 1999 when he backed into and fell through the glass of a
skylight at an Industrial site in London.
August 4, 1999 - A 31 year old worker was found dead, electrocuted,
at the base of an aluminum extension ladder below an overhead electrical
conductor rated at 4700 volts on a residential renovation project in the London
area.
August 4, 1999 - A 59 year old worker acting as a flag
person in the London area on a house moving project died as a result of
injuries sustained when he was run over by the wheels of the trailer
supporting the house.
August 21, 1999 - A self-employed worker fell 15
feet from the roof of a house while repairing a chimney in London.
August 30, 1999 - A worker was run over by a
vehicle operated by a member of the motoring public at sewer and water main
installation in Fort Erie.
September 30, 1999 - An OPP Officer, working off duty for
a road construction and heavy civil contractor, died when the cruiser he was in
was struck from the rear by a vehicle operated by the motoring public on
a project in Niagara.
October 4, 1999 - A 35 year old worker working on a road
construction project in Flamborough died as the result of injuries sustained
when he was crushed between a construction pick-up truck and a tandem
dump truck.
October 15, 1999 - The owner/supervisor of a company
engaged in renovations at a car dealership in Thornhill died as a result of
injuries sustained when a set of steel stairs that he and others were engaged
in removing fell and crushed him.
October 18, 1999 - A 51 year old worker employed by a
contractor engaged in the installation of new replacement hydro poles in Milton
was electrocuted when the boom of a boom truck contacted an overhead
electrical conductor rated at 13,800 volts.
October 20, 1999 - A worker fell 14 stories from
the roof of an apartment building that he was engaged in power washing in
Toronto.
October 26, 1999 - A 39 year old worker was crushed
to death when the bucket of a backhoe that had been left in an elevated
position fell on him on a sewer installation project in Kitchener.
November 29, 1999 - A 22 year old worker succumbed to
injuries received when he was electrocuted when the aluminum extension
ladder he was carrying contacted an overhead electrical conductor rated at
18,600 volts on a residential project in Toronto.
December 13, 1999 - A 58 year old worker fell 6
storeys to his death when a suspension line on a swing stage broke on a project
in Mississauga.
TOTAL 1999 - 20
TOTAL 1998 - 24
TOTAL 1997 - 15
Source: Ministry of Labour
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