VANCOUVER — More than $1.3 million in fines have been levied against two companies involved in a series of B.C. crane accidents, including an incident last year at Vancouver's Oakridge Park development where a worker was killed by material that fell 26 storeys.

WorkSafeBC fined EllisDon Corp. about $515,000 while Newway Concrete Forming was hit with a $113,000 penalty over the February 2024 tragedy when Yuridia Flores was killed by a 9.6-metre-long and six-metre-wide mould that was being lifted from one floor to another.

EllisDon was also issued another $689,000 in fines over two other crane accidents this year, one in Vancouver in April and the other in Victoria in June, where no serious injuries were reported.

WorkSafeBC says that in the fatal Oakridge accident, the mould was being pu

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