Released on September 1, 2010
Pineland Metal Products Inc. of Prince Albert has pleaded guilty to two charges under Saskatchewan's Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations and been fined a total of $8,400.
The charges arose after an incident in July 2009, in which an employee of the company was injured. He had been working on the roof of a metal clad building near Northside, Saskatchewan when he slipped and fell over four metres to the ground.
Pineland Metal Products Inc. pleaded guilty to:
• contravening section 116(2)(a) of the regulations for failure to ensure that workers use a fall protection system where a worker may fall three metres or more; and
• contravening section 17(1)(a) of the regulations for failure to ensure that all work at a place of employment is sufficiently and competently supervised.
An additional charge of violating OHS regulations was stayed in court.
Occupational Health and Safety has a zero tolerance approach to violations of fall protection legislation. In 2010/11, there have been 17 convictions for non-compliance of OHS regulations related to protecting workers from falls, and over $32,500 assessed in fines and surcharges.
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For more information, contact:
Bill Stovin
Labour Relations and Workplace Safety
Regina
Phone:306-787-0926