Workplace Death Injures Co-Worker

The Canadian Press, about a week ago, reported that "a worker fell to his death from a building under construction" in Saskatoon. Apparently, the worker who fell "landed on his co-worker who was bent over picking up tools."

The man who fell six stories died and the man on whom he landed, is still in hospital with broken vertebrae, a broken jaw, and a concussion. He claims that his hard hat saved him from more serious injuries.

We caution our workers to be constantly aware of work overhead and spend a lot of time trying to protect workers from falling objects - we have never contemplated that another worker might be the "falling object."