TORONTO – The company that supplied a swing stage involved in a deadly scaffolding collapse in Toronto on Christmas Eve 2009 has been fined $350,000 for failing to ensure the platform was in good condition.Ottawa-based Swing N Staff Inc. pleaded guilty to the charge in a Toronto court, and also faces a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge.One of its directors, Patrick Deschamps, pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the platform was in good condition and that it was designed by a professional engineer. He was fined $50,000.Four migrant workers plunged to their deaths when the swing stage meant to …read more
Source: National Newswatch
