Report from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by Trade-Mark Industrial Inc. of Cambridge, Ontario, a contractor providing millwrighting, rigging, electrical, piping, sheet metal and HVAC installation services, did sustain an injury when a section of pipe fell during installation of a furnace. The company failed, as an employer, to ensure that every part of the project, including a temporary structure, was adequately braced to prevent any movement that could affect the pipe’s stability or cause its failure or collapse. This was contrary to section 31(1)(b) of Ontario Regulation 213/91 (Construction Projects) and section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.