Construction workers gather outside the Oakridge Mall site after a load on a crane fell off, smashing multiple floors of the building in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024.
Construction workers gather outside the Oakridge Mall site after a fatal incident involving a crane dropping its load onto a woman below. Court documents allege a 'systemic failure' to manage health and safety at the worksite. WorkSafeBC claims a "systemic failure to manage workplace health and safety" has plagued Vancouver's multibillion-dollar Oakridge construction site, according to court documents obtained by CBC.
"The overall approach to health and safety by the employer was ineffective, creating a systematic failure to manage workplace health and safety. EllisDon has not been able to control and manage exclusion zones and overhead work and safely co-ordinate work activity at the site."In a statement to CBC, a spokesperson for EllisDon denied the allegations and said the company "is committed to the highest level of safety, not only on this job site but on all of our projects."The $6.
"No workers or members of the public were injured. However, the potential for serious injuries or a fatality is significant," the search warrant says.The information sworn to obtain the warrant was written by Special Provincial Const. Jordan McLellan, a former RCMP officer who works with WorkSafeBC's Occupational Health And Safety Investigations team — the unit which investigates serious and fatal workplace incidents.
The search warrant says the scaffolding incident landed on McLellan's desk at a point when a colleague happened to be probing the deadly February incident, which occurred "at the same location with the same prime contractor, EllisDon." "Across our 70-plus years as an industry leader, we have and continue to hold ourselves to the highest level of integrity, with the safety of workers being the top priority. With respect to our safety management program, we will continue to hold ourselves and our subcontractors to account on this basis.
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