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Penalties - Construction
Penalties are fines for health and safety violations of the Workers Compensation Act and/or the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. For information on when penalties are considered and how the amount of the penalty is calculated, see the FAQs.
The address given is the location where the violation occurred and is not necessarily the address of the penalized business. The registered business name is given as well as any "doing business as" (DBA) name.
The delay between the date of the penalty and publication of the penalty by WorkSafeBC is partially a result of allowing time for employers and other interested parties to respond to the initial penalty and for the appeal process.
Construction - Penalties for 2008
Archive - Prior Penalties
Prior Penalties for 2008 in Date Order
Company: CSM Developments Ltd., Surrey
Classification unit: House or other wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: December 22, 2008
Repeated violation. Continued non-compliance with the requirement of a prime contractor to do everything within reason to establish and maintain a system or process that will ensure compliance with the Workers Compensation Act and the regulations.
Company: FCH Construction Ltd., Vancouver
Classification unit: House or other wood frame general contracting, construction, or renovation work
Amount: $33,233
Date of penalty: December 12, 2008
Contact with an unguarded high-voltage power line contrary to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. The employer failed to ensure the health and safety of its workers and other workers in the workplace by failing to provide workers with adequate information, instruction, and training regarding the limits of approach.
Company: Shane Agius, Powell River
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: December 9, 2008
High-risk violation. Three workers and the firm's principal were observed at elevations greater than 4.6 m (15 ft.) on a steep sloped roof without fall protection or a fall protection plan in place.
Company: Hall Excavating Ltd., Kamloops
Classification unit: Land clearing, excavation, or site surface preparation
Amount: $7,583
Date of penalty: December 3, 2008
High-risk violation. The employer failed to ensure the health and safety of workers at a residential construction site with respect to excavation work. The employer's worker dug an excavation out of backfilled, loose soil, which measured, in some parts, more than 3.7 m (12 ft.) deep, with nearly vertical walls. The excavation --- which was neither shored nor engineered --- was made so that another employer's worker could install plumbing services.
Company: 617538 B.C. Ltd., Kamloops
Classification unit: Plastering or stucco work
Amount: $3,250
Date of penalty: December 3, 2008
The employer failed to ensure workers used a means of fall protection when working at elevations over 3 m (10 ft.).
Company: Forsite Construction Inc., Squamish
Classification unit: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential general contracting or construction
Amount: $5,617
Date of penalty: December 1, 2008
A prime contractor failed to do everything within reason to establish and maintain a system or process to ensure compliance with Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation.
Company: Natt Roofing Ltd., Coquitlam
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $7,566
Date of penalty: November 21, 2008
Multiple violations. The site supervisor and three workers were seen on the roof of a single family dwelling under construction. The site supervisor and one of the workers were not using fall protection, although it was available on site. The distance from the ground to the peak was 7.6 m (25 ft.). The distance from the edge of the roof to grade was 5.6 m (18.5 ft.). Construction debris littered the ground around the dwelling. In addition, the employer had no written requirements for fall protection.
Company: Natt Roofing Ltd., Coquitlam
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $7,566
Date of penalty: November 21, 2008
Repeat penalty. Two workers were seen about 7.6 m (25 ft.) above grade on a roof with an estimated 8:12 slope. One worker was wearing a fall protection harness but was not connected to a lifeline. The other worker was not wearing a harness even though one was available on site. The employer repeatedly failed to ensure that a fall protection system was used when work was being done where a fall of 3 m (10 ft.) or more may occur.
Company: Woodtick Construction Ltd., Kamloops
Classification unit: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential construction
Amount: $7,497
Date of penalty: November 19, 2008
Two of this firm's workers were working without fall protection on a roof over 3 m (10 ft.) above grade. This was a repeated violation.
Company: Brytar Contracting Inc., Courtenay
Classification unit: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential construction
Amount: $9,601
Date of penalty: November 14, 2008
Repeated non-compliance. Several deficiencies were observed with regard to workers using a frame scaffold system to install siding to the exterior of a four-storey building. These deficiencies included missing cross braces, insufficient building ties, and missing connecting pins. The employer had no manufacturer's technical data or professional engineering certification showing the rated load, erection procedures, and its compliance with an applicable standard under section 13.2 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation.
Company: Christopher Leslie Bond, Courtenay
Classification unit: House or other wood frame construction or renovation work
Amount: $10,403
Date of penalty: November 12, 2008
This firm failed to ensure its workers complied with the fall protection regulations, and also failed to ensure that its workers were provided with the information, instruction, and training necessary to ensure their health and safety at the workplace. These are repeated violations.
Company: Handy Man Contracting Ltd., Fort Saint John
Classification unit: House or other wood frame construction or renovation work
Amount: $3,208
Date of penalty: November 10, 2008
This firm repeatedly failed to ensure that its workers complied with the fall protection regulations and were provided with the information, instruction, and training necessary to ensure their health and safety at the workplace.
Company: PTC Construction Ltd., Williams Lake
Classification unit: Plastering or stucco work
Amount: $2,678
Date of penalty: November 10, 2008
Repeated violations. Inadequate construction of wood scaffolding.
Company: Gurinder Chohan Construction & Framing Ltd., Surrey
Classification unit: Framing or residential forming
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: November 6, 2008
Multiple violations. Three violations within a seven-month period were identified pertaining to the failure to provide a stairway with framing, treads, and a handrail to each floor level before proceeding with construction of the next floor or deck surface.
Company: Core Pipelines Ltd., Dawson Creek
Classification unit: Oil or gas pipeline construction or repair
Amount: $64,077
Date of penalty: November 6, 2008
A tracked, flat-decked vehicle being used to transport workers spun out of control while attempting to climb a 32 to 35 percent sloped hill covered in ice. The cab spun out, the engine stalled, and without braking power, the vehicle slid downhill and struck a tree. All of the workers sustained broken bones and/or bruises. The vehicle was inappropriate for transporting workers under the conditions at the site. The firm failed to ensure the health and safety of workers as required by section 115(1) of the Workers Compensation Act.
Company: Brian Hubert Green, Powell River
Classification unit: Framing or residential forming
Amount: $3,250
Date of penalty: November 5, 2008
A worker was seen about 6 m (20 ft.) above the ground, working to cut and apply roofing felt to a plywood roof. The worker was not using a fall protection system, although fall protection equipment was available on site. Further deficiencies included the absence of guardrails on the second floor, thereby exposing numerous workers to a fall of about 4.6 m (15 ft.), a lack of hand rails on the stairwells to the second floor and basement, a metal frame scaffold not appropriately assembled or secured to the building, workers not wearing safety headgear while exposed to overhead hazards, workers wearing running shoes, unguarded energized electrical equipment, no designated first aid attendant, no first aid procedures, and several other violations involving orientations and training, hearing protection, and a required Notice of Project. Numerous contraventions of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, including high-risk, repeated violations of fall protection requirements.
Company: JSN Construction Ltd., Maple Ridge
Classification unit: Framing or residential forming
Amount: $8,071
Date of penalty: November 4, 2008
Repeated non-compliance. The employer failed to adhere to fall protection requirements for work over 3 m (10 ft.).
Company: Quadri Projects Ltd., Chilliwack
Classification unit: House or other wood frame construction or renovation work
Amount: $6,054
Date of penalty: November 4, 2008
Two young workers were working in an unshored trench. This employer failed to properly shore a trench 4 m (13 ft.) deep, 2 m (7 ft.) wide, and 18.3 m (60 ft.) long. The employer had neither instructed nor trained the workers with respect to safe work procedures or requirements for trenching.
Company: Halston Homes Ltd., Kamloops
Classification unit: House or other wood frame construction or renovation work
Amount: $1,758
Date of penalty: October 16, 2008
Repeated non-compliance. This employer failed to adhere to fall protection requirements for work over 3 m (10 ft.).
Company: V.S.M. Construction Ltd., Chilliwack
Classification unit: Framing or residential forming
Amount: $18,184
Date of penalty: October 14, 2008
Repeated violation. This firm failed to ensure two of its workers were wearing fall protection while working at a height from which a fall of 9 m (30 ft.) or more could occur.
Company: 0800312 B.C. Ltd., Surrey
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: October 14, 2008
Repeated violation. This firm failed to ensure its worker was wearing fall protection while working at the edge of a roof about 4.6 m (15 ft.) above grade. The roof pitch was about 8:12.
Company: Anton Van De Pol & Berdina Van De Pol, Chilliwack
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $6,452
Date of penalty: October 9, 2008
Repeated violation. This firm failed to ensure its worker was wearing fall protection while working at the edge of a 10:12 sloped roof that was 10.45 m (34 ft.) above grade.
Company: Human Resources Capital Group Inc., Delta
Classification unit: Construction labour supply or general labour supply
Amount: $26,846
Date of penalty: September 25, 2008
Serious injury. This employer failed to ensure workers exposed to forklift traffic wore high-visibility apparel. The employer repeatedly failed to take reasonable steps to ensure the health and safety of workers, including the repeated failure to provide information, training, and supervision to ensure their safety.
Company: Milne Roofing Ltd., Nanaimo
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $14,194
Date of penalty: September 16, 2008
Four workers were seen working without any means of fall protection on a sloped roof about 5.5 m (18 ft.) above grade. The workers had not been properly informed, trained, or supervised. This was a repeat violation.
Company: 599294 BC Ltd., Kamloops
Classification unit: House or other wood frame construction or renovation work
Amount: $1,000
Date of penalty: September 9, 2008
The owner/prime contractor of this multi-employer worksite failed to coordinate and put in place a system to ensure compliance with the regulations regarding fall protection, safety headgear, and first-aid equipment and services.
Company: Johal Roofing Ltd., Vancouver
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: August 29, 2008
Two workers were observed on the edge of a 4:12 sloped roof at heights 6 m (20 ft.) above grade with no means of fall protection. Repeated non-compliance with the fall-protection requirements and the requirement to provide workers with adequate information, instruction, training, and supervision to ensure their health and safety.
Company: Coast to Coast Roofing & Rubbish Removal Ltd., Vancouver
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: August 27, 2008
Repeated non-compliance with the regulation requiring the employer ensure a fall-protection system is used for work done where a fall of 3 m (10 ft.) or more may occur. Similar non-compliance with the Worker's Compensation Act regarding the health and safety of all this employer's workers and any other workers at a workplace where that employer's work is being done.
Company: T & N Roofing Ltd., Kamloops
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $2,197
Date of penalty: August 20, 2008
Two workers were observed working more than 3 m (10 ft.) above grade without using adequate fall protection.
Company: Canadian Forest Products Ltd., MacKenzie
Classification unit: Sawmill
Amount: $15,000
Date of penalty: August 19, 2008
An inspection revealed that guarding deficiencies still existed after being observed a year ago. Repeated non-compliance with safeguarding requirements and a failure to comply with previous orders in a timely manner. This employer's number of violations indicates a lack of commitment toward compliance.
Company: Nelson Stanley Hanson, Courtenay
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $2,731
Date of penalty: August 19, 2008
Four workers and the firm's owner were observed on a roof about 3.5 m (11 ft. 5 in.) above grade without a fall-protection system in place. Repeated non-compliance with the fall-protection requirements and the requirement to provide workers with adequate information, instruction, training, and supervision to ensure their health and safety.
Company: Mainland Roofing Ltd., Richmond
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $15,000
Date of penalty: August 18, 2008
The employer failed to ensure a fall-protection system was being used for work done where a fall of 3 m (10 ft.) or more might occur. This was a repeat violation.
Company: Day & Knight Plumbing & Heating Ltd., White Rock
Classification unit: Plumbing, heating, vent, residential air conditioning, or central vacuum system installation or repair
Amount: $2,132
Date of penalty: August 12, 2008
Repeated non-compliance with the first-aid requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation.
Company: Peter Funk, Surrey
Classification unit: House or other wood frame construction or renovation work
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: August 11, 2008
A worker was observed on a 12:12 sloped roof about 6 m (20 ft.) above grade without a fall-protection system in place. Repeated non-compliance with the fall-protection requirements.
Company: Shane Larue Petitt & Cristina Mimi Petitt
Classification unit: House or other wood frame construction or renovation work
Amount: $1,750
Date of penalty: August 12, 2008
One of the partners of the firm was observed working approximately 6 m (20 ft.) above ground level on a 6:12 pitch roof without the use of fall protection. The firm was aware that fall protection was required. The firm had been inspected approximately two months earlier, and an order was issued at that time for violation of fall-protection regulatory requirements. The violation underlying this penalty was high-risk, committed willfully or with reckless disregard of the Regulation.
Company: Roza E. Lutsenko & Simon J. Lutsenko
Classification unit: House or other wood frame construction or renovation work
Amount: $6,822
Date of penalty: August 1, 2008
Injury. A worker was injured when he fell from the top plate of a two-storey residential house wall approximately 5.5 m (18 ft.) above ground. The worker was standing on the top plate receiving trusses up to 6.4 m (21 ft.) in length and 2.4 m (8 ft.) in height without a fall-protection system in place. The employer showed non-compliance with the fall-protection requirements and repeated non-compliance with the requirement to provide workers with the information, instruction, training, and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety.
Company: Kurtis Contracting Ltd.
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: July 31, 2008
A worker and the firm owner were observed working on a roof about 11 m (36 ft.) above ground without a fall-protection system in place. Repeat non-compliance with the fall-protection requirements.
Company: Nathen Poittris
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: July 31, 2008
Two workers and the firm owner were observed at the edge of a roof approximately 6 m (20 ft.) above grade without a fall-protection system in place. Repeat non-compliance with the fall-protection requirements.
Company: Thomas Plett and Shelter Homes Inc.
Classification unit: Framing or residential forming
Amount: $2,978
Date of penalty: July 30, 2008
The employer failed to ensure a fall-protection system for work being done where a fall of 3 m (10 ft.) or more may occur. This was a repeat violation.
Company: Dai Chong Roofing & Construction Ltd.
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: July 25, 2008
A worker was observed standing on a sloped roof 4.9 m (16 ft.) above grade without a fall-protection system in place. Repeat non-compliance with the fall-protection requirements.
Company: Gurdip S. Nizher
Classification unit: Framing or residential forming
Amount: $5,000
Date of penalty: July 23, 2008
Repeat non-compliance with the regulation requiring the employer ensure a fall-protection system is used while work is being done at a place from which a fall of 3 m (10 ft.) or more may occur.
Company: A.V. Jay-Roofing Ltd.
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $2,750
Date of penalty: July 14, 2008
A supervisor and a worker were on a 12:12 pitch roof approximately 4.9 m (16 ft.) above the ground. Neither was using fall protection. Both the workers were using a toe board to stand on the roof. In total, three toe boards were on the roof, ranging from 2.4 to 4.9 m (8 to 16 ft.) above grade. A worker slipped and almost fell while attempting to descend from the uppermost toe board.
Company: Specialty Roofing Ltd., Kamloops
Classification unit: Low slope roofing
Amount: $3,500
Date of penalty: July 10, 2008
Repeated non-compliance. A worker and the firm owner were observed working on a roof about 3.9 m (12 ft, 10.5 in.) above grade without a fall protection system in place. The employer has shown repeated non-compliance with the fall protection requirements.
Company: Dosanjh Construction Ltd.
Classification unit: Framing or residential forming
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: July 10, 2008
Two workers were observed conducting framing activities on a roof approximately 7.6 m (25 ft.) above grade with no fall-protection system in place. The firm's supervisor was on site at the time of the violation. The employer has a history of non-compliance with the fall-protection requirements. The employer also failed to have a written fall-protection plan for the workplace involving work done at a height of 7.6 m (25 ft.) or more, and to provide adequate information, instruction, training, and supervision to ensure the health and safety of workers.
Company: Dosanjh Construction Ltd.
Classification unit: Framing or residential forming
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: July 10, 2008
A worker and the firm owner were observed working near the edge of a roof approximately 6 m (20 ft.) above grade without a fall protection system in place. The employer has a history of violations of the fall-protection requirements.
Company: Manraj Framing & Construction Ltd.
Classification unit: Framing or residential forming
Amount: $2,920
Date of penalty: June 24, 2008
Repeat non-compliance with the regulation requiring a fall-protection system for work conducted where a fall of 3 m (10 ft.) or more may occur.
Company: R & D Roofing and Siding Ltd.
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $8,303
Date of penalty: June 17, 2008
A worker was working on a roof without a first-aid attendant on site. Supervision of the worker was inadequate, since the firm owner was the only supervisor on site and was working on the roof alongside the worker. Repeat violations of first-aid requirements and the requirement to provide workers with adequate information, instruction, training, and supervision to ensure their workplace health and safety.
Company: Paradise Roofing Ltd., Surrey
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $3,500
Date of penalty: June 10, 2008
Workers were exposed to fall hazards ranging from about 4.1 m to more than 7.6 m (13.5 ft. to over 25 ft.). This employer has repeatedly violated the fall protection requirements.
Company: Marta Zilberts
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $9,973
Date of penalty: June 4, 2008
Repeat violation of Section 11.2(1)(a) of the Regulation pertaining to fall protection requirements.
Company: CCM Construction Ltd.
Classification unit: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential construction
Amount: $17,687
Date of penalty: June 2, 2008
A worker was working at the edge of a roof 6 m (20 ft.) above an asphalt surface without the use of fall protection. Despite having been found in violation of the fall protection regulations on several occasions in the past, the firm failed to provide the worker with adequate training, instruction, and supervision.
Company: Specialty Roofing Ltd.
Classification unit: Low slope roofing
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: June 2, 2008
Repeat violation for failure to ensure a fall protection system is in place and used when working 3 m (10 ft.) or more above grade.
Company: Weldworks Inc.
Classification unit: Finishing carpentry
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: May 29, 2008
Failure to ensure the health and safety of all workers working for the employer. A worker was fatally injured after falling approximately 10.5 m (35 ft.) from the fourth level of a storage racking system that was being constructed. No fall protection system was in place to prevent the fall.
Company: Masa Properties Ltd. & Dale M.R. Holdings et al
Classification unit: House or other wood frame construction or renovation work
Amount: $22,820
Date of penalty: May 29, 2008
A framer fell through the successive openings in the third- and second-level floors to the basement concrete floor below. The worker died two days after the incident. The firm failed to do everything reasonably practicable to establish and maintain a system to ensure compliance with the Act and regulations (specifically, fall protection requirements). The firm's violation in not meeting its supervisory obligations exposed workers to a high risk of serious injury or death.
Company: Community Roofing Co. Ltd.
Classification unit: Low slope roofing
Amount: $20,080
Date of penalty: May 2, 2008
Failure to use a means of fall protection when working at elevations over 3 m (10 ft.). One worker and a site supervisor were working without fall protection at the edge of a roof 5.5 m (18 ft.) above ground. The firm has been found in violation of the fall protection regulations on several occasions in the past.
Company: Pro Flo Drainage & Landscape Contracting Ltd.
Classification unit: Land clearing, excavation, or site surface preparation
Amount: $2,651
Date of penalty: April 15, 2008
This employer has failed to train, instruct, and supervise workers. This has resulted in workers being exposed to the high-risk activity of performing tasks in a trench 2 m (7 ft.) deep and 5.5 m (18 ft.) long with no shoring.
Company: Harvard Rental Corporation
Classification unit: Scaffolding, tent, staging, or display booth rental and installation
Amount: $5,114
Date of penalty: April 15, 2008
A worker was moving heavy cement blocks while wearing running shoes rather than safety-toed footwear. The firm had previously been found in violation of numerous sections of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation relating to footwear, first aid, and buildings and structures and failed to comply with previous orders within a reasonable time.
Company: Rite-way Roofing Ltd.
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $7,012
Date of penalty: April 15, 2008
Despite a director of the firm being on site in a vehicle that contained fall protection equipment, a worker was observed on a steep sloped roof, over 6 m (20 ft.) to grade, without using any form of fall protection.
Company: Supersave Construction Ltd., Richmond
Classification unit: Framing or residential forming
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: April 4, 2008
A pneumatic power nailer misfired, resulting in a worker nearly losing an eye. The nailer had misfired before and was not properly outfitted with a nose guard even after a worker was previously injured. This employer showed repeated non-compliance of the requirement to maintain equipment.
Company: Proline Roofing Ltd.
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $15,078
Date of penalty: April 1, 2008
Three workers without fall protection worked on a steep-sloped roof greater than 3 m (10 ft.) above grade (7.6 m or 25 ft. at the peak). The likelihood of injury, serious injury, or death in the event of a fall was high, and exacerbated owing to construction debris strewn over the ground below.
Company: Zenith Roofing Ltd., 5857 152nd Street, Surrey
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $7,500
Date of penalty: March 31, 2008
The employer violated the fall protection regulations when applying roofing materials at heights more than 3 m (10 ft.) above grade, despite receiving several orders and warnings from various officers in the preceding year. A director of the firm injured himself when he lost his balance and fell approximately 4 m (13 ft.) from a steep sloped roof. He was not using fall protection.
Company: R & D Roofing and Siding Ltd., Careenage Quay, 216 Russell Road, Victoria
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $4,005
Date of penalty: March 20, 2008
Six workers, including the firm's owner, were observed demolishing and re-roofing a house at elevations between 3.5 and 5 m (12 and 20 ft.). Two workers were incorrectly using fall protection equipment, while the other four used none at all. The firm has a prior history of non-compliance.
Company: Scuka Enterprises Ltd., 1945 Baron Road, Kelowna
Classification unit: House or other wood frame construction or renovation work
Amount: $7,797
Date of penalty: March 19, 2008
A worker was injured when he fell 2.5 m (8 ft.) off an unsecured forklift-elevated work platform. The lift truck operator had not been trained to the required standard and the elevated worker was not wearing a personal fall arrest system when working on an elevated work platform. This was a repeat violation.
Company: LP Tile Roofing Co. Ltd., August Views, 164 Maple Drive, Port Moody
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $5,869
Date of penalty: March 17, 2008
Serious injury. A worker fell approximately 9 m (30 ft.) to grade from a residential construction roof. A site inspection revealed that this worker was not wearing fall protection, nor was there any evidence of supervision or a site-specific fall protection plan.
Company: LP Tile Roofing Co. Ltd., 22720 Westminster Highway, Richmond
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $7,630
Date of penalty: March 17, 2008
Three workers were observed working at elevations from 4.5 to 7 m (15 to 23 ft.), on a roof with steep slopes varying between 8:12 and 10:12. None of the workers were using fall protection correctly, nor were they able to demonstrate proper fall protection methods.
Company: Trevor Harrison Construction Ltd., 1501 10th Avenue, Salmon Arm
Classification unit: House or other wood frame construction or renovation work
Amount: $2,784
Date of penalty: March 3, 2008
The firm's director and worker were working 5 m (17 ft.) above grade, on the top plate of a second-storey wall of a house under construction, without using fall protection. The director was standing close to the edge while helping to land a load of wooden trusses.
Company: Mainland Roofing Ltd., 10455 Williams Road, Richmond
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $7,500
Date of penalty: February 29, 2008
A worker was observed on the edge of a 12:12 roof at heights between 3 and 10 m (11 and 32 ft.) above grade with no means of fall protection. Repeat non-compliance with fall protection requirements and the requirement to provide workers with adequate information, instruction, training, and supervision.
Company: Johnson Bros. Roofing Ltd., 797 Tyee Road, Victoria
Classification unit: Low slope roofing
Amount: $3,480
Date of penalty: February 28, 2008
A worker was observed installing flashing on a structure, approximately 6 m (20 ft.) above grade. The worker had combined elements of fall restraint and fall arrest systems, rendering the fall protection used ineffective.
Company: Nor-Kam's Investments Ltd., 1449 16th Avenue, Campbell River
Classification unit: Structural concrete forming
Amount: $7,372
Date of penalty: February 26, 2008
Repeat non-compliance with requirements for fall protection, work platforms, and engineers' inspections of concrete formwork. A worker was observed climbing a gang form approximately 7.5 m (25 ft.) above grade without fall protection.
Company: 625845 B.C. Ltd., Richmond
Classification unit: Industrial, commercial, institutional, or highrise residential general contracting or construction
Amount: $33,351
Date of penalty: February 25, 2008
Asbestos exposure. The employer failed to identify the friable asbestos-containing materials that were damaged during interior demolition work, thereby exposing several workers to asbestos fibres.
Company: Mandrax Enterprises Ltd., Westridge Estates, Williams Lake
Classification unit: Land clearing, excavation, or site surface preparation
Amount: $4,196
Date of penalty: February 19, 2008
Failure to adequately slope the sides of a 2 m (6 ft.) excavation. Workers were observed in an inadequately sloped excavation, dug in loose soil with fill piled several feet high on one side. In addition, a 15 t excavator was being operated near the edge of the excavation. This was a high-risk violation.
Company: Fraser Shipyard & Industrial Centre Ltd., New Westminster
Classification unit: Commercial marine vessel manufacture, service, or repair
Amount: $9,120
Date of penalty: February 13, 2008
The employer had failed to implement an effective and compliant confined-space entry program as evidenced by identifiable non-compliance with training, hazard assessment, procedures, testing frequency, rescue plans, and equipment with regard to confined-space entry work.
Company: Olde Towne Roofing Ltd., Latoria Walk, 631 Brookside, Colwood
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: February 7, 2008
A worker was observed working at an elevation of approximately 9 m (30 ft.) and was not using an effective means of fall protection. The worker was exposed to a high risk of serious injury from a fall.
Company: Rock Construction and Mining Inc., Kamloops
Classification unit: Blasting or avalanche control
Amount: $18,436
Date of penalty: January 25, 2008
Four dangerous incidents involving fly rock have occurred at this blasting site in the last 10 months, each of which endangered people and property within and outside the blasting area. Repeated dangerous incidents involving fly rock and continued non-compliance with blasting regulations at this site.
Company: 618489 BC Ltd., 3138 Roycroft Court, Burnaby
Classification unit: Steep slope roofing
Amount: $4,292
Date of penalty: January 22, 2008
Repeat failure to provide workers with the information, instruction, training, and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety. The employer committed ongoing violations that placed workers at risk from falls of 3 m (10 ft.) or more.
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