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Saskatoon Construction Company Fined For Failure to Protect Worker

Released on April 15, 2014

Baschuk Construction Ltd. of Saskatoon pleaded guilty to two counts under occupational health and safety legislation and was fined $14,000 in Saskatoon Provincial Court on April 2, 2014.

The company pleaded guilty to:
  • contravening section 137 of the regulations (failure to provide an effective safeguard where a worker may contact a dangerous moving part of a machine) and was fined $5,000 with a $2,000 surcharge; and 
  • contravening section 17 of the regulations (failure to ensure that all work at a place of employment was sufficiently and competently supervised) and was fined $5,000 with a $2,000 surcharge.
The company was charged after a worker was seriously injured on November 20, 2012.  The worker became entangled in the drive shaft of a conveyor while crushing gravel northeast of Osler.

In the last five years, Occupational Health and Safety has cited nearly 6,400 contraventions in the construction sector.

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For more information, contact:

Shannon McMillan
Labour Relations and Workplace Safety
Regina
Phone: 306-787-0253

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