Ontario Construction Fatalities (Deaths) for 2009
ONTARIO MINISTRY OF LABOUR
CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM
Dec 1, 2009
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January 2009 –
No fatalities reported.
February 2009 – No fatalities reported
March
18, 2009 – A worker was crushed between a front end
loader and an excavator at a project in Kanata.
April 16,
2009 – A worker was found trapped in a hole by a
crane at a project in Sault Ste. Marie.
April 17,
2009 – A supervisor was fatally injured when the
scaffolding he was working from collapsed at a
project in Ottawa.
June 1, 2009
– A worker was fatally injured when a steel form
being hoisted broke free from its lifting hook and
landed on a worker at a project in Mississauga.
June 14,
2009 – A worker was fatally injured when he fell
approximately 10 feet from an ICI project in
Toronto.
July 13,
2009 – A worker was fatally injured when he was
struck by a dump truck that was operating in
reverse at a residential project in Thornhill.
July 28,
2009 - A Worker was fatally injured when the ladder
he was moving made contact with a 4800V overhead
power line. The worker was installing soffit
and fascia on a residence in Hanover at the time of
the electrical contact.
August 23,
2009 – A worker was fatally injured when he fell
13 feet at an ICI project in Toronto. The
worker was in the process of lowering steel sheeting
to the ground floor from the mezzanine when the rope
caught his glove causing him to fall.
September
30, 2009 – A worker was fatally injured when he was
electrocuted by an overhead energized electrical
line. The worker was in the process of
delivering shingles to an existing residential
project when the boom of the truck made contact with
the overhead line.
October 19,
2009 – A worker was fatally injured when he fell
20 -25 feet from a roof at a project in Kanata.
October 25,
2009 – A worker was fatally injured when he fell 24
feet to the ground from the roof of a residential
project in Oakville while performing warranty work
on the roof.
December 15,
2009 – A worker was fatally injured when a concrete
slab landed on him at a bridge project in Oakville.
The worker was in the process of cutting a concrete
bridge deck when the piece being cut shifted causing
him to fall 3.25 metres. The concrete slab
followed and crushed the worker.
December
24, 2009 – Four Workers were fatally injured when
the swing stage they were working from separated,
causing them, and another, worker to fall multiple
stories to the ground. The other worker
sustained critical injuries. The workers were
working at an existing high rise residential project
in Toronto.
TOTAL
FOR THE YEAR = 16
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Fatalities |
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Year |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
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Total |
19 |
15 |
27 |
20 |
20 |
30 |
20 |
21 |
Source: Ministry of Labour
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