Toronto – Torontos Limen Group Const. (2019) Ltd. And two superiors were fined with a fine of a total of 625,000 US dollars after a worker was fatally injured on December 14, 2020 by a falling concrete block.
The incident occurred at a construction site in the Widmer St. 38 in Toronto.
According to a bulletin of the court in Ontario, the company was commissioned to carry out formwork on a multi -storey condominiums under construction. At the date of the incident, the concrete from the underground parking spaces had to be raised to the ground level with a crane.
For this purpose, workers shoveled the waste concrete in wooden costs, in which Rebar was placed on the ground. When the concrete had dried, the embedded reinforcement was used as a hoist for the crane. However, the reinforcement was not laid out as a heira for a little more than a few feet, according to the bulletin.
One of the concrete blocks that were hoisted in this way fell while lying above the construction site and fatally injured a worker.
The court found that the company was guilty of not ensuring that the waste concrete was raised with attachment points that were suitable for this use. It was also guilty that the company had not ensured that the employees were sufficiently trained and monitored in relation to the risk of using embedded reinforcement rod for the lever.
In addition to the company, the court guilty two superiors for the fact that the employees were appropriately trained and monitored in relation to the risk of using embedded reinforcement rod for the lever.
The original sentence date was November 28, 2023, but the convictions and convictions of the accused were confirmed on June 3 by Justice Gillian Roberts in the appeal.
The Limen Group was fined by Justice Apple Newton-Smith with a fine of $ 600,000. The two superiors were fined with a fine of $ 10,000 or $ 15,000.