The latest in Canadian construction safety, regulations, and industry best practices.
Every serious injury on a Canadian construction site begins the same way. A hazard exists, no one formally identifies it, and a worker encounters it before anyone has thought through what to do. That sequence is not inevitable. It is the result of a gap in
Terrance Leacock
NCSO & Construction Superintendent
Between 2011 and 2015, Canadian workplaces recorded nearly 12,000 lost-time injuries tied to confined space incidents, along with 14 fatalities. That number is grim on its own. What makes it worse is this: according to the Canadian Centre for Occupational
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On February 21, 2024, a worker named Yuridia Flores was standing at the base of a tower crane at Vancouver's Oakridge Park development when a concrete forming mould fell 26 storeys and struck her. She was 41 years old, a mother of two, and she had not r
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Canadian construction recorded 183 fatalities in 2022, the highest of any sector in the country, according to data compiled by the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada. That number has not moved as quickly as it should.
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For most of the last two decades, the hard hat debate on Canadian construction sites has been a quiet one. Type 1 helmets met the legal minimum, workers wore them without question, and the industry moved on. That is starting to change, and the shift is
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