{"id":20976,"date":"2023-08-20T15:20:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T22:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/four-dead-after-scissor-lift-topples-at-house-under-construction\/"},"modified":"2023-08-20T15:20:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T22:20:36","slug":"four-dead-after-scissor-lift-topples-at-house-under-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/four-dead-after-scissor-lift-topples-at-house-under-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"Four dead after scissor lift topples at house under construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/files\/membership-default-internal\/\" class=\"memberhide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2023\/01\/20220718_175041000_iOS.jpg\" alt=\"-\"><\/a><br\/><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MONTREAL \u2013 Provincial police say four people are dead after a\u00a0construction\u00a0project turned tragic Saturday (Aug. 19) in Quebec\u2019s Bas-St-Laurent region.<\/p>\n<p>Police say the victims were atop a scissor lift several metres above the ground as they worked on a new house in the municipality of St-Leandre when the device toppled for an unknown reason.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesman Stephane Tremblay says officers arrived at the scene to find a young man dead and three others badly injured.<\/p>\n<p>He says they were taken to hospital but died during the night.<\/p>\n<p>Officials say a coroner\u2019s inquest is underway, while an investigation by Quebec\u2019s workplace health and safety board aims to determine whether an equipment breakdown occurred.<\/p>\n<p>The victims are a 53-year-old woman and 60-year-old man from Riviere-du-Loup, a 27-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman from St-Leandre, a rural municipality of fewer than 400 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a9 2023 The Canadian Press<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- News - Bottom -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5143531171910809\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8320848692\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/ohs\/2023\/08\/four-dead-after-scissor-lift-topples-at-house-under-construction\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MONTREAL \u2013 Provincial police say four people are dead after a\u00a0construction\u00a0project turned tragic Saturday (Aug. 19) in Quebec\u2019s Bas-St-Laurent region. &#8230; 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