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Inquest into 7 construction deaths hears details of fatal falls

An Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development heal...

OH&S December 4, 2023

Feds provide funding to implement 9-8-8 suicide crisis helpline

OTTAWA — The federal government is providing suicide prevention support for peop...

OH&S December 4, 2023

Man falls two storeys to his death at Toronto worksite

TORONTO — Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Develop...

OH&S December 1, 2023

Your top DCN headlines: Nov. 27 to Dec. 1

The top DCN headlines this week feature a historic deal between Ontario and the...

Government , Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects December 1, 2023

Ontario to do away with mandatory coroner’s inquests on construction site deaths

TORONTO — Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey says the province intends to do a...

Government , OH&S November 30, 2023

Inquest into 7 deaths from falls may highlight gaps in outreach

A provincial inquest into the deaths of seven construction workers from falls on...

OH&S November 30, 2023

Legal Notes: Rise in hate crimes puts pressure on construction to ensure safety

Conflict in the Middle East has placed expressions of racial and religious hatre...

Government , OH&S November 30, 2023

Construction companies fined in connection with carpenter’s death at Packers stadium

GREEN BAY, WIS. - Federal labor inspectors have levied fines against two constru...

OH&S , US News November 30, 2023

Indian rescuers reach 41 workers trapped in collapsed tunnel for 17 days, start pulling them out

UTTARKASHI, INDIA - Rescuers in India on Tuesday reached 41 construction workers...

OH&S November 28, 2023

UPDATE: Rescuers in India trying to evacuate 41 workers from a collapsed tunnel are delayed again

UTTARKASHI — Rescue teams trying to reach 41 construction workers trapped in a c...

OH&S November 24, 2023

Fall-from-height injuries fell 19 per cent after WAH training made mandatory in Ontario

An Institute for Work & Health (IWH) study has found worker injuries due to...

OH&S November 24, 2023

Your top DCN headlines: Nov. 20 to 24

Your top DCN headlines this week feature reaction from Ontario construction indu...

Economic , Government , Labour , OH&S November 24, 2023

A crane operator has rescued a man from a burning high rise in England

LONDON - A crane operator played down tributes paid to him on Thursday after he...

OH&S November 23, 2023

Ontario stakeholders scramble in reaction to Sudbury SCC decision

Construction stakeholders are calling for swift action from the Ontario governme...

Government , OH&S November 23, 2023

Ontario launches Silica Control Tool

Ontario has a new weapon in the fight against diseases caused by exposure to sil...

OH&S November 22, 2023

41 workers stuck in a tunnel in India for 10th day given hot meals as rescue operation shifts gear

NEW DELHI — The 41 construction workers who have been trapped in a collapsed tun...

OH&S November 21, 2023

5 workers killed, 3 injured in central Mexico after 50 foot tall scaffolding tower collapse

MEXICO CITY — The collapse in central Mexico of a 50-foot tall section of scaffo...

OH&S November 20, 2023

‘You don’t have to get killed for anyone’: LOC members encourage students to ask questions of employers

Choice. That was the message health and safety leaders who are part of the Leag...

OH&S November 20, 2023

New drill bores deeper into tunnel rubble in India to create an escape pipe for 40 trapped workers

LUCKNOW, INDIA - Rescuers drilled deeper into the rubble of a collapsed road tun...

OH&S , Resource November 17, 2023

Supreme Court Sudbury appeal ruling shocks construction industry

There will be far reaching implications resulting from a Supreme Court of Canada...

Government , OH&S November 15, 2023

Supreme Court finds Sudbury was an employer on jobsite where pedestrian was killed

SUDBURY, ONT. — A Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) decision has found the City of G...

Government , OH&S November 14, 2023

Stakeholders urge Liberals to cut costs of female-specific PPE

OTTAWA — The Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada and other leading cons...

Associations , OH&S November 14, 2023

Joint inquest scheduled for workers who died from falls from heights

TORONTO — The date for a joint inquest into the deaths of seven people who died...

Government , OH&S November 14, 2023

Rescuers dig to reach 40 workers trapped in collapsed road tunnel in north India

LUCKNOW, INDIA - Rescuers were digging through dirt and parts of a collapsed roa...

OH&S November 13, 2023

CCOHS releases substance use resources

HAMILTON, ONT. — The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS)...

OH&S November 13, 2023

Building Trades propose new approach to opioid crisis

Ontario’s Provincial Building Trades are calling for a new approach to construct...

Labour , OH&S November 13, 2023

Your top DCN headlines: Nov. 6 to 10

Making headlines in the DCN newsroom this week is a project story with a blue hu...

Economic , OH&S , Projects November 10, 2023

Two MTO subcontractor employees injured in collision on Highway 400

YORK REGION — Two transportation workers were injured in an early morning collis...

OH&S November 6, 2023

Vaughan fire destroys 40 townhouse units under construction, no injuries reported

VAUGHAN, Ont. - An early morning fire Sunday has destroyed around 40 units of a...

Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects November 6, 2023

Gillam Group gears up to grow moustaches for Movember

TORONTO — Gillam Group president Craig Lesurf and a Great Group of Guys and Gals...

OH&S November 6, 2023

Gym roof collapses at Reunion Crossing condo building in Toronto

TORONTO — The safety of a Toronto condo building is being questioned after the c...

OH&S November 3, 2023

Crews begin removing debris amid ongoing search for worker trapped after Kentucky mine collapse

Crews began the arduous process of removing layers of rubble and debris in the s...

OH&S , US News November 2, 2023

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