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:: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 ::
Ontario Firm Fined $300,000 for Violations that Led to Worker Deaths - Occupational Hazards On April 26, 2002, three workers were standing on a wooden platform over an elevator shaft on the 16th story of a partially constructed building when one side of a concrete beam "form" (a structure into which concrete was poured) collapsed in a penthouse suite above. Wet concrete from the beam form poured onto the platform, which, in turn, collapsed. One worker was able to jump to safety. However, the other two workers fell a total of 18 floors, landing in a second-level garage of the building, and died, according to the Ontario Ministry of Labour.
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