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Regina Company Fined for Safety Violation

Released on June 19, 2014

G and B Sewer Services Ltd., of Regina, pleaded guilty to one count under occupational health and safety legislation and was fined $5,600 in Regina Provincial Court on June 12, 2014.

The company pleaded guilty to:
  • contravening section 263 of the regulations (failure to ensure that a worker present in a trench more than 1.2 metres deep is protected from cave-ins or sliding materials) and was fined $4,000 with a $1,600 surcharge.
The charge relates to an inspection at a worksite in Regina on November 15, 2012, where an Occupational Health Officer observed workers in a trench that was not protected from cave-ins.  Two additional charges were stayed.

Since April 1, 2014, there have been 25 convictions for occupational health and safety violations in Saskatchewan with total fines of nearly $122,000.

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For more information, contact:

Brook Thalgott
Labour Relations and Workplace Safety
Regina
Phone: 306-787-3716

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