Owner and Subcontractor Fined after the Death of a Worker
 

The former owner of a housing complex for seniors that was undergoing construction was fined $160,000, and the director of a subcontracted firm was fined $10,000 after the death of a worker. 

In December of 2004, a worker was moving from a partially-built steel roof on a two-storey structure on an elevated work platform (a zoom-boom manlift) that was beside the structure. While descending from the roof to the work platform, the worker slipped or lost balance and fell approximately 12.2 metres (40 feet) to the ground, landing between the wheels of the elevated work platform. The worker was dead upon arrive at a Mississauga, Ont. hospital. 

The Ministry of Labour investigation found that the worker was not wearing any fall arrest equipment. 

The owner at the time of the incident pleaded guilty, as a constructor, to failing to ensure that the worker was protected by a fall arrest system, as required by Section 26.1(2) of the Construction Regulation. The director of the subcontractor also pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that the worker was protected by a fall arrest system.