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Balkwill pleaded guilty to overloading and tipping a crane he was unlicensed to operate, leading to the death of steel beam installer Corey Phillips.
Worker struck by 4,400-pound steel beam
The incident happened on June 24, 2021 at the Dunlop Street West job site near Boys Street in Barrie. The crane tipped over and fatally injured Phillips.
Phillips, who was standing atop a concrete wall without his fall protection harness properly connected, was struck by a 4,400-pound steel beam. He fell to the ground before a second beam dislodged and crushed him. The overloaded crane, which tipped just five feet off the ground, had also been mechanically altered to bypass its built-in overload safety system,…