REGINA – It was a terrifying experience for a toddler and grandmother who were both nearly killed when a crane smashed through the roof of their home.
Convoy Supply was lifting a pallet of shingles over the home Wednesday morning when something went wrong and it all toppled into the house on Noonan Road in the Gardiner Heights area.
18-month old Gabriel Kozak was napping in the master bedroom, just inches from where a pallet of shingles crashed through the roof.
His father, Nathan Kozak, was at work when he got the distressing call.
“I heard that the ceiling came down, with a crane through the roof, over my kid in bed, so I came rushing as fast as a concerned father would.” Kozak said.
The toddler wasn’t alone in the room, his grandmother was nearly killed by a massive support beam from the log home.
“If that beam came down on her head, or that pallet was lying on an infant, I don’t know what I would do.”
Young Gabriel escaped without any injuries but has been crying consistently since the incident, according to his father. His grandmother is nursing a sore leg.
Kozak believes proper safety measures were not taken.
“They didn’t have enough room to put their outriggers out properly, they only had them out eight inches, and I don’t know if its inexperience or he’s just brave, but he decided to give it a shot anyway.”
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He also questions why the company didn’t knock on the door to see if anyone was inside before lifting such a heavy load.
Sandy Freshwood, Convoy Supply’s Regional Manager, understood that particular frustration.
“I don’t believe we have a protocol, but we are going to put one in now.” Freshwood said, adding the company has its priorities. “The family, to make sure they’re alright number one. Number two, to make sure the home can be secured until repairs can be made. Number three is to support our employee, because he’s quite distraught.”
The company said its insurance will cover the cost of repairing the home.
Because nobody was killed or seriously injured, Occupational Health and Safety is allowing Convoy Supply to conduct its own review of the incident. When complete, OHS will look over it for deficiencies.
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