Direct Underground Inc. of Maple, Ont. has been fined $250,000 following a 2022 incident where two workers died and two were injured during the installation of a new underground sewer system in Ajax. An investigation found the excavation wall had a weaker layer of soil that required shoring or sloping, but neither was implemented. The company pleaded guilty to failing to comply with Ontario Regulation 213/91.
MAPLE, ONT. — Sewer and watermain construction company Direct Underground Inc. of Maple, Ont. has been fined $250,000 in relation to an August 2022 incident where two workers were killed and two injured during the installation of a new underground sewer system in Ajax.
Direct Underground had been contracted to install a storm sewer for the project. Six workers employed by the company were installing a new catch basin system. A Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development investigation found the excavation wall had a weaker layer of soil present. This required shoring or appropriate sloping of the walls to prevent unstable conditions leading to collapse. The investigation also found there was no engineering opinion on the stability of the excavation wall, the bulletin explains, and no support system installed for the weaker layer of soil.
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