The latest in Canadian construction safety, regulations, and industry best practices.
If you follow construction industry news, you have probably read at least a dozen articles in the past two years claiming that artificial intelligence is about to transform safety on job sites. Some of those articles are right.
Terrance Leacock
NCSO & Construction Superintendent
There is a version of this story that plays out on Canadian construction sites every year. A subcontractor worker gets hurt. The general contractor's first instinct is to say that the subcontractor is responsible for their own workers.
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Between 2017 and 2022, vehicle and equipment contact killed 22 workers and caused 192 critical injuries on Ontario construction sites alone. That is one critical injury every eleven days from a single hazard category. Across Canada, the numbers are worse.
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The construction industry across Canada is facing a massive shift in how safety is managed on site. With regulatory scrutiny increasing and project owners demanding higher standards, the role of the safety officer has never been more critical.
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There is a particular feeling that runs through a site when someone spots an unfamiliar vehicle pulling up to the gate. If the person who gets out is carrying a clipboard and wearing a vest with a government logo on it, that feeling sharpens into something
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