TORONTO \u2014 A project supervisor employed by The Lake Partnership Inc. has been fined $10,000 in relation to a 2022 incident that took place on a home construction project at 229 Riverside Dr. in Toronto where a worker was seriously injured in a fall.<\/p>\n
On Dec. 20, 2022, Ryan Wilkes was the project supervisor at the site, which included workers from his company and two framing subcontractors.<\/p>\n
According to an Ontario court bulletin, there were openings in the floor at each level of the building for a planned elevator shaft. The opening to the shaft on the first floor was covered by sheets of insulation made of dense polystyrene, featuring the words \u201cDO NOT STEP.\u201d<\/p>\n
While a framer was working on the first floor, they stepped onto the material covering the opening for the elevator shaft and fell through to the basement floor.<\/p>\n
A subsequent Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development investigation found the polystyrene covering did not meet the requirements for a protective covering set out in\u00a0section 26.3(2)<\/a>\u00a0of the 暗网禁区ion Regulation, nor was there an adequate guardrail system in place around the opening as required by section 26.3(2).<\/p>\n
Wilkes failed, as a supervisor, to ensure a worker worked with the protective devices, measures and procedures required by\u00a0section 26.3(2)<\/a>\u00a0of Ontario Regulation 213\/91, contrary to\u00a0section 27(1)(a)<\/a>\u00a0of the\u00a0Occupational Health and Safety Act.<\/p>\n
He was convicted Sept. 27, 2024.<\/p>\n
TORONTO \u2014 A project supervisor employed by The Lake Partnership Inc. has been fined $10,000 in relation to a 2022 incident that took place on a home construction project at 229 Riverside Dr. in Toronto where a worker was seriously injured in a fall. On Dec. 20, 2022, Ryan Wilkes was the project supervisor at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":126175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[14],"tags":[24314,590,2501,91432,18769],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n