Chatham constructor fined $85,000 after worker fatality - OHS Canada Magazine

Chatham constructor fined $85,000 after worker fatality - OHS Canada Magazine

John Harris Concrete Ltd. has been fined $85,000 after a worker was fatally injured while cutting down a tree. The small construction company, which specializes in concrete foundations and is based in Chatham, Ont., pleaded guilty to failing, as an employer, to provide training to the worker as required by section 25(2)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. On Oct. 26, 2022, one of the company’s five workers was clearing brush and fellin…