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Senate bill aims to address construction worker suicide

New legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate aims to confront one of the American construction industry’s most troubling and often overlooked challenges: the high rate…

adminSeptember 7, 2026

Home Hardware Stores Limited fined ,000 after worker injured in fall

Commercial Construction

Home Hardware Stores Limited fined $75,000 after worker injured in fall

ST. JACOBS, ONT. – Retailer Home Hardware Stores Limited of St. Jacobs, Ont. has been fined after a worker was critically injured in a November…

adminJuly 20, 2026

Commercial Construction

OGCA lays out Type 2 hard hat requirements and how to prepare

TORONTO – Ontario’s Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development has introduced new regulatory requirements under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) regarding Type 2…

adminJuly 3, 2026

Commercial Construction

No injuries but Hibernia oil spill posed threat of deadly blast and fire: regulator

ST. JOHN’S — The agency that oversees Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore energy sector says a recent oil spill and gas leak aboard the Hibernia oil…

adminJuly 2, 2026

Cobourg roofing company fined 0,000 after worker injured

Commercial Construction

Cobourg roofing company fined $100,000 after worker injured

COBOURG, ONT. – Moffat Bros. Roofing Ltd. of Cobourg, Ont. has been fined $100,000 in relation to an August 2023 incident where a worker was…

adminJune 29, 2026

Commercial Construction

WSIB announces modernized First Aid Program

TORONTO — The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) has launched a modernized First Aid Program to help ensure safer workplaces across Ontario. According to…

adminJune 26, 2026

Roofing company and director fined 5,000 after worker injured in fall

Commercial Construction

Roofing company and director fined $145,000 after worker injured in fall

MOUNT FOREST, ONT. — Reilly’s Roofing Ltd., a roofing contractor based in Georgian Bluffs, Ont., and Adam Reilly, director and officer of the company, have…

adminJune 19, 2026

Workplace explosion leads to ,000 fine for Sarnia company

Commercial Construction

Workplace explosion leads to $90,000 fine for Sarnia company

SARNIA, ONT. — AlumaPower Corporation of Sarnia (Aamjiwnaang First Nation), Ont., a company that develops, fabricates and tests a type of experimental technology used to…

adminJune 10, 2026

Workplace fatality results in 5,000 fine for Watford company, excavating contractor

Commercial Construction

Workplace fatality results in $145,000 fine for Watford company, excavating contractor

WARWICK, ONT. – Farming corporation and constructor 1838107 Ontario Ltd., operating as Agro Acres, and Nick De Jong, a contractor operating as De Jong Excavating,…

adminJune 4, 2026