TTC subcontractor Advanced Construction Techniques Ltd. is facing a $50,000 fine for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act that left one of its workers dead and another injured in 2011. Whitchurch-Stouffville’s Kyle Knox, a 23-year-old backhoe operator subcontracted under Anchor Shoring and Caissons Ltd., died in October 2011 on a TTC subway construction site in North York. Knox’s death occurred as a result of the tipping of a drill rig which, after investigation, was determined to have been operating under unsafe parameters. The decision to fine Advanced Construction Techniques Ltd. came after sentencing in Old City Hall Court by Judge Brent Knazan on Monday. In August of this year the company was found guilty by the court of failing to design an adequate work platform for the drill rig.

Source: thestar September 28, 2016 02:48 UTC