PRINCE ALBERT COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO SAFETY VIOLATIONS

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