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Injured worker from Tide View accident has died

A construction worker has died after falling from scaffolding at the new Tide View Terrace construction site. Jonathan Riley photo

Published on July 15, 2011; Published on July 15, 2011
Jonathan Riley

Topics :: RCMP , QE II hospital , Digby General Hospital , Kentville , Halifax , Digby

The RCMP confirmed this morning that the seriously injured construction worker from the Tide View accident Tuesday, July 12 died on Wednesday night.

The man from Kentville, 48, was flown to to the QE II hospital in Halifax Tuesday afternoon after falling from scaffolding at the nearly completed senior complex in Digby.

Another man, 36, from Berwick also fell from the scaffolding close to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday but was treated for minor injuries at nearby Digby General Hospital and released.

Police are not yet releasing the names of the two injured workers. The Department of Labour has taken over the investigation of the accident.

Tide View Terrace was scheduled to open next month on August 23.

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ExCrusader

- July 24, 2011 at 16:30:57

SAFETY in the workplace. Who's responsibility is it? It is the responsibility of the employee. It is the responsibility of the contractor. It is the responsibility of the Health and Safety Board, to inspect job sites for safety violations. It is the responsibility of the people who hired the contractor to make sure safety procedures are followed, for liability reasons. It is the responsibility of the job site manager. Where was everybody when these two guys fell? It appears as though many people turned a blind eye to their responsibilities. Should the living parties responsible for this death go to jail? Should they be sued by the family of the deceased? You be the Judge.

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Jennifer

- July 16, 2011 at 12:22:11

That is no accident. It was an incident of inproper safety training, every person that is more than 5 feet off the ground should be wearing proper safety harnesses (as it is the law). Every employee is responsible for their own safety and should make sure their work place employees proper safety training and practices. If any person whether an employee or a passer by sees unsafe work place should call the Labour Department.

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