b'LEGAL COLUMNACCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS BY CATHERINE E. WILLSON, BE PROACTIVEB.A., LL.B. I n the past 10 years, Toronto hashe had failed to ensure the safety of his experienced several access-relatedsubordinates. His knowledge of there accidents, two of which resulted inbeing only two safety tethers available for fatalities and in-depth investigationssix men was enough to convict him of by police, coroners and the Ministrycriminalnegligence.of Labour. Criminal charges were laid against Vadim Kazenelson, the workplaceThe Ministry of Labour (MOL) investigates supervisor, when five employees fell 12all access-related accidents to determine storeys after the swing stage on whichwhat went wrong and to avoid similar they were working collapsed on Decemberissues in the future. The MOL investigation 24, 2009. Kazenelsons appeal againstincludes examining the equipment, the his criminal negligence conviction wasworkplace safety training and protocols, dismissed by the Court of Appeal, as it wasand the scene of the tragedy, and taking determined that as workplace supervisoreyewitness accounts of the accident. Where 14THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SCAFFOLD INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF CANADA'