Ontario Construction Fatalities (Deaths) for 2010
ONTARIO MINISTRY OF LABOUR
CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM
As of August 31, 2010
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January 26 2010 – A worker was fatally injured when
he fell 10 feet off of a scaffold at a
project in Ottawa.
February 18, 2010 – A worker
was fatally injured when he fell 6 floors
while repairing a balcony at a project in Toronto.
March 12,
2010 – A worker was fatally injured when he fell
32 feet through a floor opening at a project in
Scarborough.
March 20,
2010 – A worker was fatally injured when he fell
14 – 16 feet from a ladder while removing and
replacing an overhead door at an industrial project
in Toronto. In addition to the fall part or the
door system fell on the worker.
May 03, 2010
– A worker was found buried in a trench at a
project in Verner.
May 14, 2010
– A worker sustained fatal injuries when he fell
17 feet through a roof opening at an industrial
roofing project in Toronto.
May 18, 2010
– A worker was electrocuted when the boom of
the truck he was assisting came into contact with an
energized overhead electrical conductor at a sewer
project in Lyndhurst.
May 19,
2010 – A worker was fatally injured when a block
wall in a trench collapsed on him at a
project in Whitby.
June 7,
2010 – A worker was fatally injured when they
fell through a floor opening to the basement of
a residential project in Aylmer. The worker was in
the process of installing a drywall fire barrier at
the time of the incident.
June 15,
2010 - A worker was fatally injured when they were
buried in an excavation while installing
drainage tiles at a farm project in Kingston.
June 25,
2010 – A worker was fatally injured when the roof of
a mobile home trailer being dismantled collapsed
on the workers at a project in Oro-Medonte. Another
worker was critically injured during the collapse.
July 7, 2010
– A worker was fatally injured after he left the
project for the day. It is thought to be heat
related. The project was in Uxbridge.
July 26,
2010 – A worker died while receiving first aid for a
screw he accidentally drilled into his finger
at a project in Toronto.
July 26,
2010 – A worker was fatally injured when he fell
18 feet from a project in Manitoulin.
July 28,
2010 – A worker was fatally injured when he fell
head first from a building to the ground when the
hose of a truck mounted vacuum snapped at a project
in Mississauga.
August 9,
2010 – A worker was fatally injured when a steel
beam fell onto him at a high rise residential
project in Vaughan.
August 13,
2010 – A worker was fatally injured when he fell
an unknown distance while repairing eavestrough at a
project in Orleans.
August 16,
2010 – A worker was fatally injured when
electrocuted while insulating duct work in the
attic of an existing residential home in St.
Catharines. A bare copper wire running along the
rafters was found to be energized at the time of the
incident.
August 25,
2010 – On August 24, 2010 a young worker fell
20 feet to the ground while accessing the ladder
sustaining life threatening injuries at a
residential re-roofing project in Niagara Falls. On
August 26, 2010 the worker succumbed to his injuries
August 26,
2010 – On August 17, 2010 a worker fell 10
feet to the ground sustaining numerous injuries at a
residential roofing project in Toronto. On August
26, 2010 the worker succumbed to his injuries
August 26,
2010 – A worker was fatally injured when he fell
31 metres from a communications tower while
performing work on a dish in Timmins.
TOTAL
FOR THE YEAR = 21
|
Fatalities |
|
Year |
2008 |
2007 |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
|
Total |
19 |
15 |
27 |
20 |
20 |
30 |
20 |
21 |
Source: Ministry of Labour
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