OTTAWA — Ottawa-based asphalt paving company 769550 Ontario Ltd., operating as Ottawa Pavemaster, is facing a significant fine after a worker was struck and killed at a jobsite in Kanata, Ont. in August 2023.
On the day of the incident, Ottawa Pavemaster was completing a driveway paving job when a worker was walking along Desmond Avenue and 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 used to haul drivable equipment, explains an Ontario court bulletin.
The driver was reversing the truck without the assistance of a signaller. This led to the worker being fatally struck.
The company failed to ensure the driver of the truck was assisted by a signaller contrary to Section 104(3) of Ontario Regulation 213/91, an offence under Section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. Section 25(1)(c) of the act states that “an employer shall ensure, that the measures and procedures prescribed are carried out in the workplace.”
Following a guilty plea in Ottawa Provincial Offences Court on June 26, 2025, Ottawa Pavemaster was fined $115,000 by Justice of the Peace Harley Gervais.
