Four workers have been injured in a trench collapse at a construction site in Ajax.
An Ornge air ambulance attended the scene and transported one person to hospital, Durham Regional Police told CTV News.
Too many short cuts now with privatization. Health and safety protocols are not being followed in many incidents.
Well this was totally avoidable. No job needs to be done this fast that you don’t go home at the end of the day. Smarten up.
Safety is always first! Two guys died because they didnt think safety should be first. May they rest in peace.
Are these ppl dumb? Look at the type of soil and they choose not to use collapse prevention Trench shields..hope they go to jail
Who’s working health and safety on that project? Looks like an epic fail to me
I don't see any trench barriers so why were these guys in a trench in the first place... safety protocol says trench barrier need to be inplace before going into trench what happened... someone is in trouble
With today's knowledge, this should never happen ever.
Praying for them
Don’t go into a trench that is not supported. Praying these workers are ok.
No shoring boxes, and this looks way too narrow and deep to have had any proper benching/stepping. My heart goes out to the victims and their family, I hope everyone will be ok.
I hope the other 2 get out safely 🙏wonder who the site director was on that safety committee😬
Hard to see in picture but digging over 5 feet and no slopes where was the trench boxes for safety god bless all family’s involved. One worker hurt at work is one to many.
My experience with people working in similar projects, the last thing they care about is safety for self or others then they complete the safety reports, results 100% compliance & zero accidents. They say oh I did this for 20 years & nothing happened & suddenly boom, crash.
Praying for them 🙏🙏
Someone’s getting fired. Huge fine…where’s the side barriers?
Oh no. I hope they can free the people who are trapped before it's too late
I'm more concerned with cp24 keeps showing it's a recovery not rescue. Imagine watching this and you know who works there. I know you're reporting news, but sometimes it's just too much.
2 workers losing their life and others injured and people have the NERVE to comment negatively. Absolute low lives. I pray for these families.
Let's hope they're airlifted to a hosp that's taking emergencies &/or they don't have to wait over 12hrs since SylviaJonesMPP says staff shortages are due to doctors & nurses currently on vacays. JohnFraserOS onpoli
This shouldn’t happen, where are the supports
there were 5 workers, get your facts straight l.
I hope the ER is open today for those poor souls.....
Please dont dismiss that there were 5 in the trench at the time and one made it out relatively unharmed but has now witnessed the worst tragedy ever. RIP 💕
Workers too afraid to refuse work because the protections are weak.
Always feeding off negative news You wonder why we live in such a broken battered country. Everything everyone wants to talk about is negative, sad disturbing news. Let's show the good out there
Should there not be wood sides in that hole? Seems like something from the a hillbillies
Doesn't seem to be one of these life savers
Whlas smitts tank cleaning company?
Seems like everyone was so concerned about getting vaccinated to stay safe at work that they don't pay attention to actually staying safe.
No shoring on a trench that deep.....someone's in trouble
Where is the trench box 🤔
That large a trench , that deep with no trench box or shoring ? Completely irresponsible. Cowboy 'get-R-Done' Old school bullshit mentality. The workers didn't refuse the unsafe conditions either, and they know better ,so they are just as much at fault.
Confined space rescue is all risk. This is a theme recently - low bid projects, incentivized for timeline, procurement not funding appropriate engineering and protocols......shoring on a napkin?
museumofvan WalmartWorld the GOtransit fund is going to catch up to all other funds and tis not good duediligence
No trench box...wtf
Uh oh - Can't see any trench wall supports in this photo
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