"I have never seen anything like this"
After 20 years of health and safety work, Philippe Ferreira said, " I've never seen anything like that. "
Ferreira's health and safety consulting firm S1 is a construction worker hanging a loaded weight at a site near Roy Thomson Hall in downtown Toronto on Tuesday. I posted a dramatic video on Instagram.
"Obviously, the injury he suffered there is better than the worst scenario. He survived."
The video shows the construction workers returning. , Shows where the camera is pulled apart before landing on the ground.
The video was sent anonymously to S1 stating that "many workers have sent many videos from a health and safety perspective."
Ferreira, a former Ministry of Labor officer who worked for eight years, has been running S1 for seven years.
"I have never seen anything like this and investigated many serious injuries, deaths and incidents at construction sites," he said.
He added that most injuries and deaths can be prevented.
Sun is working to confirm media reports that PCL Constructors Canada controls the construction site.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Labor said he was investigating whether MOL was investigating the case.
The ministry was also asked to check if the crane was at the same construction site as it collapsed
In July 2020, the crane was at a construction site in the same area. Collapsed and was only slightly injured. For crane operators. The MOL was asked to see if the incident happened in the same place.
jstevenson@postmedia.com
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