A Toronto construction company and two of its supervisors have been fined a total of $625,000 in connection with a workplace fatality in 2020.

Following a trial, Limen Group Const. (2019) Ltd. was fined $600,000, while its supervisors were fined $10,000 and $15,000, respectively.

The court also imposed a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime.

The defendants’ convictions and sentences were upheld on appeal on June 3, 2025.

The incident occurred on December 14, 2020 at a construction site at 38 Widmer Street in Toronto.

Limen Group had been subcontracted to perform formwork on a multi-storey condominium under construction.

Waste concrete from the below-ground parking levels had to be lifted to ground level using a crane.  To do this, workers shovelled the waste concrete into wooden bins that had rebar placed in the bottom. When the concrete dried, the embedded rebar was used as a hoisting point for the crane. However, the rebar was not designed to be used as a hoisting point for anything more than a few feet.

One of the concrete blocks being hoisted in this manner fell while it was above the construction site, fatally injuring a worker.

The court found the company guilty of failing to ensure that the waste concrete was hoisted using attachment points that were suitable for that use. It also found the company guilty of failing to ensure workers were adequately trained and supervised regarding the hazard of using embedded rebar for hoisting. 

The court also found the two supervisors guilty of failing to ensure workers were adequately trained and supervised regarding the hazard of using embedded rebar for hoisting.