Construction Accidents: Jury Decides Worker's Death Was Accidental

61-year-old Mate Grgas was killed at a construction site where a home was being built on September 12, 2005. An investigation has decided his death to be accidental. Grgas was working alone, inside a steel hin, which had been lifted about ten feet by a forklift. Police say that the forklift dropped Grgas and the bin and the bin landed on Grgas, crushing him.

Jury Rules Worker's Death Accidental

Dr. Bonita Porter, the Ontario Deputy Chief Coroner, said that the coroner's inquest cannot make "a finding or blame or make any comment on legal responsibility." Grgas worked in construction for 14 years.