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Yorkton Business Fined $28,000 for Safety Violation

Released on February 24, 2014

Premium Brands Operating Group Inc., of Yorkton has pleaded guilty to one charge under occupational health and safety legislation and was fined $28,000 in Yorkton Provincial Court on February 11, 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 $20,000 with a $8,000 surcharge.
The conviction relates to an incident on November 1, 2011, where a worker was seriously injured while sanitizing a paddle mixer.

In 2013-14 there have been 65 convictions for occupational health and safety violations with total fines of nearly $470,000.

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For more information, contact:

Laura McKnight
Labour Relations and Workplace Safety
Regina
Phone: 306-787-0355

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