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Swift Current Company Fined for Deaths of Two Workers

Released on September 28, 2016

J & D Sewer Services (1984) Limited has been fined $42,000 after it pleaded guilty to two counts under occupational health and safety legislation. 

On September 27, 2016, the company was fined $15,000 plus a $6,000 surcharge on each count.

In July, the company pleaded guilty in Swift Current Provincial Court to:
  • Contravening clause 19(1)(a) of the regulations (being an employer, failure to ensure that a worker is trained in all matters that are necessary to protect the health and safety of the worker when the worker begins work at a place of employment, resulting in the death of two workers); and
  • Contravening clause 302(2)(a) of the regulations (being an employer, failed to take all practicable steps to prevent exposure of a worker, to an extent that is likely harmful to a worker, to a chemical substance or biological substance that may be hazardous, resulting in the death of two workers).
Charges stem from an incident that took place near the Village of Fox Valley on September 8, 2014. Two workers died after being exposed to hydrogen sulfide in a sewer line. 

For more information on the rights and responsibilities of workers and employers including requirements for training of workers, please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/business/safety-in-the-workplace. 

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For more information, contact:

Jennifer Veri
LRWS
Regina
Phone: 306-787-1331
Email: jennifer.veri@gov.sk.ca

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