Seven construction workers were hospitalized following a gas explosion at a highrise development site in Toronto on Tuesday morning, according to CBC News. Emergency crews were called to the scene near Esther Shiner Boulevard and Provost Drive around 9:15 a.m., said Toronto Fire division commander Paul O’Brien. Upon arrival, firefighters did not find an active…
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The 15-year-old found unconscious in a well, police say Ontario Provincial Police say a 58-year-old man from North Middlesex is facing a charge of criminal negligence causing death after a 15-year-old teen died in a farming accident near Parkhill late last month. Emergency crews were called to the farm on Parkhill Drive in North Middlesex…
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An injured worker was pulled from a utility tunnel at a construction site on Heron Road Friday. Firefighters were called to the city’s south end around 11:20 a.m. and when they arrived on scene they confirmed the worker was trapped approximately 10 feet below and was unable to self-rescue. “The worker had been removing temporary…
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A Vancouver-based bakery has been fined $55,000 after a worker at its Mississauga shop was injured on the job. The Ontario Ministry of Labour said in a news release on Friday that NuStef Baking Ltd. pleaded guilty in Provincial Offences Court in Mississauga on July 29 to an offence under the Occupational Health and Safety…
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Police said the victims were working at the Vi at Silverstone Independent Living facility when they were stung. A spokesperson with the Scottsdale Fire Department said one of the victims was in a cherry picker when they got swarmed by the bees. The two other workers got that person down and were also attacked. When…
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