Paving company fined $115,000 after workplace fatality - OHS Canada Magazine

Paving company fined $115,000 after workplace fatality - OHS Canada Magazine

769550 Ontario Ltd., operating as Ottawa Pavemaster, has been fined $115,000 after a worker was fatally injured by a reversing truck. On Aug. 15, 2023, the company was completing a driveway paving job. A company worker engaged in the project was walking along Desmond Avenue when he was fatally injured by a reversing dump truck. The truck was driven by a company employee who was backing up approximately 200 feet to connect to a float, a trailer u…