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Penalties - Trade
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.
Trade
Recent Penalties
Company: Andrew Sheret Ltd., Victoria 
Classification unit: Electrical, plumbing, or heating supplies, or packaged building supplies, hardware, or other metal product wholesale
Amount: $75,000
Date of penalty: December 10, 2008
Injury and repeated non-compliance. A worker was injured when he fell 3--3.7 m (10--12 ft.) from an elevated work platform to grade. The injured worker had been standing on a wooden pallet supported by the forks of a forklift, with no guardrail or fall protection system in place. This employer showed repeated non-compliance with sections 11.2(1)(a) and 16.7(d) of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation.
Prior Penalties in Date Order
Company: Bornstein Seafoods Canada Ltd., Ucluelet
Classification unit: Fish wholesale
Amount: $12,852
Date of penalty: November 21, 2008
A new worker required the amputation of his right foot after he stepped on an unguarded and energized screw-type auger.
Company: Paz Fuels Ltd., Abbotsford
Classification unit: Gas bar
Amount: $13,404
Date of penalty: November 6, 2008
This employer repeatedly failed to meet the requirement to ensure prepayment for fuel before pumping.
Company: 550395 BC Ltd., Coquitlam
Classification unit: Retail bakery or delicatessen
Amount: $4,353
Date of penalty: September 5, 2008
A worker was injured when he failed to properly lock out a bread dough rising machine. During a subsequent inspection, the same machine was observed in an unguarded position, and the worker operating the machine could not describe the machine's lockout procedure. The firm failed to ensure the health and safety of its workers.
Company: Aztech Home Sales Ltd., Merritt
Classification unit: Mobile home sales or installation
Amount: $3,428
Date of penalty: August 11, 2008
The firm's supervisor was observed working over 3 m (10 ft.) on a sloped roof without a fall-protection system in place. Repeated non-compliance with fall-protection requirements.
Company: Replay Golf Supplies Inc.
Classification unit: Wholesale
Amount: $6,377
Date of penalty: June 10, 2008
Fatality. A diver was killed in a diving incident. The employer failed to ensure the health and safety of workers by permitting divers to work without supervision or diving procedures.
Company: Westfair Foods Ltd.
Classification unit: Supermarket
Amount: $15,000
Date of penalty: May 26, 2008
Repeat violations regarding the maintenance of storage racking in a safe condition.
Company: 543400 BC Ltd., Highway 3, Sparwood
Classification unit: Firewood yard
Amount: $3,250
Date of penalty: January 31, 2008
An unsupervised and inadequately trained worker was fatally wounded when he was caught in the hydraulic ram of the firewood splitter he was operating.
Company: Al's One Stop Services Ltd., 1309 Ewen Avenue, New Westminster
Classification unit: Light industrial equipment, machinery, or power tool rental (less than 500 lbs weight)
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: January 18, 2008
The employer acted in a manner that impeded or dissuaded a worker from reporting an injury and filing a claim with WorkSafeBC.
Company: J Wilco Enterprises Ltd., DBA Comox Return Centre, 678 Anderton Road, Comox
Classification unit: General retail
Amount: $3,077
Date of penalty: September 12, 2007
Failure to adequately inform, instruct, train, and supervise workers to ensure their safety and the safety of other workers.
Company: BC Rubber Supply Ltd., 103 -- 20175 100A Avenue, Langley
Classification unit: Wholesale
Amount: $10,181
Date of penalty: March 5, 2007
Failure to ensure the health and safety of workers.
Company: Vanderhoof and Districts Cooperative Assoc., 188 East Stewart Street, Vanderhoof
Classification unit: Supermarket
Amount: $10,222
Date of penalty: February 9, 2006
The firm failed to comply with numerous orders requiring it to develop and implement an occupational health and safety program at its workplaces.
Company: Dryco Building Supplies (Langley) Ltd., Building #5, Polygon Site, Alderbridge and Garden City Way, Richmond
Classification unit: Lumber, plywood, gyproc, brick, or other similar building material wholesale
Amount: $19,938
Date of penalty: January 18, 2006
Workers loading drywall onto a balcony were not using a fall protection system and were exposed to a fall of approximately 7.5 to 8 m (24 to 26 ft.). The workers had not received adequate information, instruction, and training with respect to the use of fall protection equipment.
Company: Jysk Linen 'N Furniture Inc., 1615 Kebet Way, Port Coquitlam
Classification unit: General retail
Amount: $12,783
Date of penalty: January 9, 2006
Repeat failure to ensure warehouse workers received adequate forklift training.
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