Ontario Construction
Fatalities (Deaths) for 2005
ONTARIO MINISTRY OF LABOUR
CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM
FATALITIES 2005
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January 28, 2005 A worker as he was exiting
out of a manhole was struck-by workplace vehicle (pickup truck) on a
project in Markham. The worker sustained internal injuries and passed away on
February 2, 2005.
February, 2005 No fatalities.
March 2, 2005 A worker was struck-by a
crane on a project in Vaughn.
March 10, 2005 A worker (structural steel) fell approximately
30 feet and sustained head injuries on a project in Whitby.
March 19, 2005 A worker working off a ladder fell on
a project in Vaughn receiving head injuries. The worker succumbed to his
injuries on April 8, 2005.
March 29, 2005 A worker while attempting to jump off an
elevator that was free falling fell back into the elevator shaft falling
approximately 30 feet on a project in London.
April 9, 2005 A worker (electrician) was electrocuted
when he received approximately 500-volt shock while removing a
ground cable on a project in Mississauga.
May 16, 2005 A worker (electrician) fell
approximately 100 feet off an overhead crane on an ICI project in Timmins.
June 28, 2005 A worker (22 years old) while
dismantling a tent was electrocuted when one of the tent poles came into
contact with an overhead energized power line on a project in Clairville
(Brampton area).
August 5, 2005 A worker (roofer) on an ICI
project in Stouffville fell approximately 20 feet when he step through
an roof opening that was covered with an insulation panel.
August 10, 2005 A worker (window cleaner) fell
while working on a seven-storey building in Toronto.
August 18, 2005 A worker (operator) was
operating a compactor on the shoulder of a road, compacting granular material.
The worker was crushed-by the compactor when it rolled off the shoulder
on a project in Winchester (Ottawa area).
August 19, 2005 A worker (operator) was operating a
backhoe on a project in Ottawa that went over an embankment, causing the worker
to be thrown from the equipment.
September 9, 2005 A worker (roofer) fell approximately
18 feet when he slipped throwing debris off a residential roof on a project in
Thornhill.
September 12, 2005 A worker that was inside a garbage
bin that was being lifted by a forklift truck was crushed-by the
unsecured bin when it toppled over on a project in Mississauga.
September 14, 2005 A worker was struckby an
excavator on a project in Cambridge during tree clearing operation sustaining
multiple injuries to the lower half of his body.
September 16, 2005 A worker fell approximately
18 feet off a ladder on a project in Bracebridge sustaining head
injuries.
October, 2005 No fatalities.
November 15, 2005 A worker while standing in close
proximity to a caisson, the ground gave way burying the worker on a
project in Owen Sound.
November 21, 2005 A worker while installing a satellite
on a residential project in Norfolk County fell 20 feet. The worker was
accessing the second storey roof by means of an extension ladder that was
situated on the veranda roof.
November 29, 2005 A worker (operator) was found drowned
in a pond on a residential project in Colborne.
December 13, 2005 A worker drowned when the boat
he was in sank returning back from building a cottage on a project in Perry
Sound.
Total 2005: 20
Total 2004: 20
Total 2003: 3
Source: Ministry of Labour
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