Brampton Might be the Most Dangerous Place to Work in Ontario Preferred Region How does this work? Brampton | Ontario | Latest News | Published January 18, 2018 at 4:00 am </span></p><div> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1602854729929-0' class='gpt-ad'> <script> googletag.cmd.push( // function() { // googletag.defineSlot('/109849061/contentrectangle', [[640, 280], [300, 250]], "div-gpt-ad-1602854729929-0" ).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true,true).addService(googletag.pubads()); // googletag.display( "div-gpt-ad-1602854729929-0" ); // } function() { googletag.pubads().display('/109849061/contentrectangle', [[640, 280], [300, 250]],"div-gpt-ad-1602854729929-0" ); } ); </script> </div></div> <p>Severe injuries and often death are consequences of unsafe workplaces, which, here in Brampton, are becoming too common for comfort. </p><div> <div class='s2nPlayer k-erbJc9Uo' data-type='float'></div> <p><script type='text/javascript' src='//embed.sendtonews.com/player3/embedcode.js?fk=erbJc9Uo&cid=13951&offsetx=0&offsety=0&floatwidth=400&floatposition=bottom-right' data-type='s2nScript'></script></p> </div> <p>It’s disturbing that these workplace injuries are happening at all, let alone so often in our city. 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href="https://www.inbrampton.com/company-in-brampton-slapped-with-fine-after-workers-arms-pulled-into-machine">I.G. Machine & Fibers Ltd</a> was fined $65,000 following a guilty plea after a worker’s arm was pulled into the rollers of a laminator machine in 2016, <a href="https://www.inbrampton.com/company-fined-thousands-after-worker-doused-in-hot-limestone-on-the-job-in-brampton">IKO Industries Ltd. </a>was fined a grand total of $85,000 after hot limestone poured onto a worker at about 400 degrees Fahrenheit in 2016, and many more troubling incidents were dealt with by the Ministry of Labour this year.</p> <p>One particularly disturbing incident was the death of Mark Attallah in 2015. </p> <p>On April 21, 2015, Attallah was killed at Gore Meadows Library and Community Centre, which was under construction at that time. According to <a href="https://www.inbrampton.com/company-facing-huge-fine-after-worker-killed-by-crane-at-brampton-community-centre">Ontario’s Ministry of Labour,</a> Forma-Con was contracted to provide formwork and case cement for construction. </p> <p>“A crane was brought to the site for hoisting, but on April 9, 2015, licensed crane operator and Forma-Con worker Andry Sokhan texted Forma-Con supervisor Gordon Graham saying that the crane posed a danger on the worksite. </p> <p>Graham said that the crane should be shut down, however the crane continued to be used. </p> <p>“The crane operator hoisted the load and after receiving a signal to do so, began to lower the boom.”</p> <p>Then, the crane tipped to the right of the operator’s cab, and the boom struck Attallah, who was declared dead onsite.</p> <p>“At no time was the crane taken out of operation by anyone at the project, despite the communications by the crane operator on April 9 that the crane was in a state of disrepair and posed a serious danger to the operator and everyone around.”</p> <p>Graham was fined $15,000, Sokhan was fined $13,000, and Forma-Con Construction was slapped with a $285,000 fine near the end of 2017 — three of the 12 fines that were imposed last year in Brampton.</p> <p>President of the Toronto and York Region Labour Council John Cartwright identified Attallah in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/john.cartwright.718/posts/10155717885355508">Facebook post</a> to remember him and three other workers who died on the job in April 2015.</p> <p>With unsafe workplaces and often carelessness causing severe worker injuries and sometimes death, it’s worrisome to know that going to work poses a huge safety risk to many people in Brampton.</p> <p>It remains to be seen how the Ministry of Labour will proceed, and how preventative action will be taken at workplaces across Brampton in response to this data.</p> </html> <a href="https://www.insauga.com/editorial-guidelines" 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