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The Ontario Ministry of Labour has laid charges against the company that employed Ethan Allard, who died in a Toronto construction site on Jan. 16, 2017.

Allard, 24, of Petawawa was killed when he became tangled up in a concrete hopper. A pump operator on a wet-mix shotcrete (sprayed concrete) job, Allard had about six months’ experience on the machine and was chipping away some of the dried concrete on the chopper blades at the end of the day.

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Among the ministry charges against Torrent Shotcrete Canada Ltd.:

* The company allegedly failed to ensure that a grate sensor on a concrete hopper was maintained in good condition.

* The company allegedly failed to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed in the Occupational Health and Safety Act were carried out. (A grate sensor had been rendered inoperative).