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China investigators suspect construction work caused fire that killed 16 people in shopping mall
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China investigators suspect construction work caused fire that killed 16 people in shopping mall
BEIJING — Chinese investigators suspect construction work sparked a fire that caused 16 deaths in a shopping mall in the southwestern city of Zigong. The fire broke out Wednesday evening and took almost 10 hours to extinguish, state media reported. The 1...
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![Flooding on DVP in Toronto as torrential rain hits city, GTA](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/08/city-cityscape-amarpreet-kaur-e1551468301758-300x169.jpg)
Flooding on DVP in Toronto as torrential rain hits city, GTA
TORONTO - A major highway, several thoroughfares and a key transit hub were floo...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S
![New IHSA videos to highlight family impact of workplace tragedies](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/FRONT-DW-ihsa-threads-videos1-MainWeb-300x169.jpg)
New IHSA videos to highlight family impact of workplace tragedies
Ontario’s Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) is producing five...
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Your top DCN headlines: July 8 to 12
Your top DCN headlines this week feature some “wild” news stemming from a Toront...
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China investigators suspect construction work caused fire that killed 16 people in shopping mall
BEIJING — Chinese investigators suspect construction work sparked a fire that ca...
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![Flooding on DVP in Toronto as torrential rain hits city, GTA](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/08/city-cityscape-amarpreet-kaur-e1551468301758-300x169.jpg)
Flooding on DVP in Toronto as torrential rain hits city, GTA
TORONTO - A major highway, several thoroughfares and a key transit hub were floo...
Government , Infrastructure , OH&S
![New IHSA videos to highlight family impact of workplace tragedies](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/FRONT-DW-ihsa-threads-videos1-MainWeb-300x169.jpg)
New IHSA videos to highlight family impact of workplace tragedies
Ontario’s Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) is producing five...
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![Your top DCN headlines: July 8 to 12](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/Collage_07_12DCN-300x169.jpg)
Your top DCN headlines: July 8 to 12
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Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
![Small fire in towering spire of medieval cathedral in French city of Rouen is under control](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/07/firefighters-1243435_1280-e1532548464964-300x169.jpg)
Small fire in towering spire of medieval cathedral in French city of Rouen is under control
PARIS - A small fire broke out Thursday in the spire of the medieval cathedral i...
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![‘Perfect rat storm’: Ontario cities seek ways to fight increasingly visible rats](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/07/rat-mainweb-300x200.jpg)
‘Perfect rat storm’: Ontario cities seek ways to fight increasingly visible rats
TORONTO - Efforts are underway to combat growing rat populations in two of Ontar...
Government , OH&S
![Inquest announced for 2020 construction death in Pickering](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/shutterstock_1132842653-scaled-e1592247201494-300x169.jpg)
Inquest announced for 2020 construction death in Pickering
TORONTO — An inquest will be held into the death of Christopher Panepinto who di...
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![New construction death review process slated for fall unveiling](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/03/pexels-photo-273011-e1519928426237-300x169.jpeg)
New construction death review process slated for fall unveiling
The Ontario government is still months away from introducing details of a new pr...
Government , OH&S
![Missing nuts and bolts caused last year’s deadly construction elevator accident in Sweden](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/09/road-sign-663368_1280-e1536600041638-300x169.jpg)
Missing nuts and bolts caused last year’s deadly construction elevator accident in Sweden
COPENHAGEN, DENMARK — A construction elevator that killed five people when it co...
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![Biden administration proposes rule for workplaces to address excessive heat](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/01/pexels-photo-129112-e1515592081724-300x169.jpeg)
Biden administration proposes rule for workplaces to address excessive heat
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration proposed a new rule Tuesday to address exc...
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![Locator charged for violation under Environmental Protection Act](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_711707953WEB-300x169.jpg)
Locator charged for violation under Environmental Protection Act
TORONTO — Jan Sapper has been charged $5,000 for one violation under the Environ...
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![Mikey Network president: Defibrillators should be at all construction sites](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/AED_MIkeyNetwork_MainWeb-300x169.jpg)
Mikey Network president: Defibrillators should be at all construction sites
TORONTO - The Mikey Network’s mission is to place defibrillators in high-risk pu...
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![Key to AED safety onsite: ‘You have to master the mystery through repetition’](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/PG-3-AG-RESCON-AED-panel-MAINWEB-300x169.jpg)
Key to AED safety onsite: ‘You have to master the mystery through repetition’
When it comes to learning how to use an Automated External Defibrillator (AED),...
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Your top DCN headlines: June 24 to 28
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Toronto workers rescued from swing stage after cables snap
TORONTO - There were some tense moments outside a downtown Toronto hotel this af...
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Your top DCN headlines: June 10 to 14
Your top DCN headlines this week feature a story on London, Ont.’s highrise inte...
Economic , Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects
![Dump truck collides with pedestrian bridge under construction on QEW](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/MAIN-AG-drumo-truck-collides-with-pedestrian-bridge-MAINWEB-300x169.jpg)
Dump truck collides with pedestrian bridge under construction on QEW
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. —A dump truck struck a pedestrian bridge under construction on...
OH&S , Projects
![Four construction workers shot dead in northern Kenya near the border with Somalia](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/05/shutterstock_211842331MainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Four construction workers shot dead in northern Kenya near the border with Somalia
NAIROBI, KENYA - Gunmen in northern Kenya fatally shot four construction worke...
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![Workers suffer injuries following fall from scaffolding](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_541499737WEB-300x169.jpg)
Workers suffer injuries following fall from scaffolding
TORONTO—Two men were seriously injured after they fell from a scaffolding deck r...
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Your top DCN headlines: June 3 to 7
Your top DCN headlines this week feature a project profile on Ottawa’s Thunderhe...
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![Parent named new president and CEO of Workplace Safety North](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/Parent-MikeMainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Parent named new president and CEO of Workplace Safety North
NORTH BAY, ONT. — Workplace Safety North (WSN) and Ontario Mine Rescue recently...
OH&S
![Lawyer cautions parties on construction sites to ‘stay in their lanes’ following Sudbury decision](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/06/PG-3-AG-City-of-Sudbury-decision-LOCMainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Lawyer cautions parties on construction sites to ‘stay in their lanes’ following Sudbury decision
The Supreme Court of Canada’s R v. Greater Sudbury decision sent shockwaves thro...
Government , OH&S
![Kentucky governor unveils rental housing projects for region still recovering from 2021 tornadoes](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2022/07/tornado-mainweb-300x200.jpg)
Kentucky governor unveils rental housing projects for region still recovering from 2021 tornadoes
FRANKFORT, KY. -Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday that a rental housing sho...
OH&S , US News
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Damaged gas line found at site of deadly Ohio explosion, NTSB says
A cut natural gas line was found in a basement area of an Ohio building which wa...
OH&S , US News
![Worker dies in suspected electrical incident in Pickering](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2018/09/road-sign-663368_1280-e1536600041638-300x169.jpg)
Worker dies in suspected electrical incident in Pickering
PICKERING, ONT. — A worker has died after apparently coming into contact with el...
OH&S
![LOC contractors standing out among the pack for safety performance](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/DCN-AG-LOC-LostTimeInjuryMainWEB-300x169.jpg)
LOC contractors standing out among the pack for safety performance
TORONTO — League of Champions (LOC) members are leading the way when it comes to...
OH&S
![Bechtel, AFSP team up to save U.S. construction workers from suicide](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/Bechtel-2MainWEB-MH-300x169.png)
Bechtel, AFSP team up to save U.S. construction workers from suicide
A dramatic rise in the number of workers in the U.S. construction community who’...
OH&S , US News
![3motionAI’s AI technology flags musculoskeletal injury risk](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/SafetyMonth24-MSK-300x169.png)
3motionAI’s AI technology flags musculoskeletal injury risk
TORONTO — With many adults around the world suffering from musculoskeletal (MSK)...
OH&S , Technology
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IHSA to launch mental health program Working Mind for the Trades
The Infrastructure Health and Safety Association (IHSA) will be introducing a ne...
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![CPO review of construction fatalities, injuries a rare opportunity: Moody](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2024/05/PG-3-DW-moody-review-joel-moodyMainWEB-SM-300x169.png)
CPO review of construction fatalities, injuries a rare opportunity: Moody
Ontario’s upcoming review of the causes of critical injuries and fatalities in t...
Government , OH&S
![Windsor contractor fined $80,000 after two workers fall from platform](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_762827557WEB-300x169.jpg)
Windsor contractor fined $80,000 after two workers fall from platform
TORONTO — Two workers were injured when they fell while on a work platform and A...
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![Construction company fined after worker fatally injured by fall](https://cdn.statically.io/img/cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/10/shutterstock_616809002MainWEB-300x169.jpg)
Construction company fined after worker fatally injured by fall
TORONTO — A worker at a small construction company was fatally injured after fal...
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