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Steel riggers on a Metro project are among the 200,000 Ontario construction workers affected by a Construction Safety Act. An average of one in 10 workers each year reports lost-time injuries
Steel riggers on a Metro project are among the 200,000 Ontario construction workers affected by a Construction Safety Act. An average of one in 10 workers each year reports lost-time injuries

Steel riggers on a Metro project are among the 200,000 Ontario construction workers affected by a Construction Safety Act. An average of one in 10 workers each year reports lost-time injuries

Date2/5/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Steel riggers on a Metro project are among the 200;000 Ontario construction workers affected by a Construction Safety Act. An average of one in 10 workers each year reports lost-time injuries.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0005189F
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