Two men were killed and four more were injured when a construction site on Teeple Terrace by Wonderland road on Friday. Since then, the two deceased men have been identified as Henry Harder, 26, and John Martens, 21.
Harder, from Tillsonburg, leaves behind a wife and three-week-old daughter and Martens is from Langton, south of Tillsonburg, he leaves behind his parents, his girlfriend and 10 siblings.
There have been a number of crowdfunding campaigns to support Harder and Martens’ families. A GoFundMe campaign started by the East Elgin Concrete Forming, as of Monday, has reached over $82,000 for the families after setting a $25,000 goal.
Dr. Neil Parry, Site Chief of Surgery at Victoria Hospital, said at a news conference on Sunday that two of the four men injured remain at hospital but are in stable condition, and two have been discharged from hospital.
London Police Services is working with the Ontario Ministry of Labor to investigate what caused the accident. Workers described newly poured concrete section on the fourth floor, but it is still unclear what caused the collapse.
This will lead to more talks about construction site safety as more regulations are likely to come. According to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board, from 2010-2019 one in three workplace deaths are from construction.
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