{"id":429690,"date":"2025-02-03T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T11:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/?p=429690"},"modified":"2025-01-31T14:56:46","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T19:56:46","slug":"project-supervisor-fined-10000-after-worker-injured-in-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/ohs\/2025\/02\/project-supervisor-fined-10000-after-worker-injured-in-fall","title":{"rendered":"Project supervisor fined $10,000 after worker injured in fall"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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