Construction company fined $250,000 after tragic 2022 trench collapse in Ajax, Ontario
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Construction company fined $250,000 after four workers injured, two fatally - OHS Canada Magazine
Direct Underground Inc. has been fined $250,000 after four workers were injured, two of them fatally, during the installation of a new underground sewer system in Ajax, Ont. On Aug. 8, 2024, six workers employed by Direct Underground were installing a new catch basin system as part of a storm sewer for a road widening project. While four workers were in the excavation to install the system, the north wall of the excavation collapsed, resulting i…
Maple construction company fined $250,000 after fatal excavation accident
Ontario Construction News staff writer Maple-based Direct Underground Inc. has been fined $250,000 after two workers were killed and two others injured during an excavation accident at a road widening project in Ajax. The incident occurred on Aug. 8, 2022, when four workers were in an excavation trench installing a new sewer system for the […] The post Maple construction company fined $250,000 after fatal excavation accident appeared first on On…
Construction company fined $250,000 after tragic 2022 trench collapse in Ajax, Ontario
A Maple, Ontario construction company has been fined $250,000 after two workers were killed in a tunnel collapse at a site in Ajax in the summer of 2022. Direct Underground Inc., pled guilty in Provincial Offenses Court in Oshawa on November 29, with Justice Lara Crawford levying the fine after determining the company “failed to ensure that the walls of the excavation were supported by a shoring system or appropriate sloping of the walls.” The i…
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