The Gordie Howe International Bridge project has been named the 2021 recipient of the Infrastructure Health and Safety Association’s John M. Beck Award.

The company was fined for its role in an accident that led to critical injuries to a worker in 2019.

Electrical transformer manufacturer Northern Transformer Corporation was fined for failing to ensure guide ropes were properly in place while workers were repairing a suspended electrical transformer.

Most construction groups will see their premiums decrease by more than the average figure of 5.1 percent. The province also says it intends to introduce legislation that will require the WSIB to pay back some of its reserves to safe employers.

One in three opioid-related deaths among employed people in Ontario in 2020 was in the construction sector. With opioid use increasing yearly, and drugs thousands of times stronger than they were even 10 years ago, lives can be saved with the inclusion of free, easy-to-use naloxone nasal spray kits on jobsites.