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TORONTO \u2013 Toronto contractor KAS Aluminum & Copper Ltd., which installs windows, eavestroughs and siding, has been fined following a worker fatality at a home renovation project in 2023.<\/p>\n
According to an Ontario court bulletin, on Oct. 11, 2023, a worker was helping the owner of the company, who was also their supervisor, on a home renovation project to install windows and siding.<\/p>\n
The worker was on a veranda roof, approximately 3.6 metres above ground level, when they started climbing a ladder up to the home\u2019s main roof to hand their supervisor a tool.<\/p>\n
When climbing a ladder, the worker fell backwards to the ground below and was fatally injured.<\/p>\n
A Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development investigation found the worker had not completed mandatory Working at Heights training, the bulletin reads.<\/p>\n
The worker and supervisor were also not wearing fall protection, despite fall protection equipment being available in the company truck onsite.<\/p>\n
Following a guilty plea in Provincial Offences Court, Toronto,\u00a0the company\u00a0was fined $80,000 by Justice of the Peace Jane Hawtin in July.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n