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Christmas Eve scaffolding deaths

By Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD | 2 Minutes Read June 22, 2012

Update: pleas regarding scaffolding incident

On Christmas Eve, 2009, four workers fell to their death at a Toronto construction site from a scaffold that did not use proper fall arrest systems. A fifth worker was seriously injured. The result: charges under both the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Criminal Code of Canada were filed against the individuals and companies involved in the construction project.

Article by Christina Catenacci, BA, LLB, LLM, PhD / Health and Safety / Bill C-45, Christmas Eve scaffolding deaths, construction project, Construction Regulations, criminal code, criminal negligence, criminal negligence causing death, employment law, failing to ensure a worker was adequately trained, failing to take reasonable care, guilty pleas, Metron Construction, occupational health and safety act, scaffold, Workplace accident

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