Tag: legal updates for law enforcement

A recent coroner’s request has addressed the important issue of the hazard of cellphone use at construction projects in Ontario. We have been involved in numerous workplace investigations and prosecutions where a workplace injury or fatality was linked to the inappropriate or dangerous use of cellphones. This latest case where a coroner’s jury made some very direct recommendations is calling for changes in the law. The Coroner’s Act of Ontario requires there to be a mandatory inquest for all construction industry fatalities. The facts, in brief, involved a roadbuilding project in southern Ontario. As the mobile equipment was reversing at…