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Penalties - Transportation & Warehousing
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.
Transportation and Warehousing
Recent Penalties
Company: Westminster Marine Services Ltd., New Westminster 
Classification unit: Barge, tug, or other water transport of goods
Amount: $122,344
Date of penalty: June 30, 2005
The employer failed to ensure the health and safety of its workers by disregarding the requirements for confined-space entry, including rescue procedures and requirements for working alone or in isolation, which exposed workers to a high risk of serious injury or death. The employer failed to provide workers with the necessary information, instruction, training, and supervision to ensure their health and safety. The employer failed to adequately maintain an occupational health and safety program.
Prior Penalties in Date Order
Company: Loretta J Decoteau, Km 4.2, Finlay-Philip FSR, Mackenzie
Classification unit: Log hauling
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: April 3, 2008
Fatality. The driver of a loaded logging truck died when his truck left the road as he was attempting to pass a truck going in the opposite direction. The employer failed to adequately supervise a newly hired logging truck driver.
Company: Loretta J Decoteau, Km 4.2, Finlay-Philip FSR, Mackenzie
Classification unit: Log hauling
Amount: $2,500
Date of penalty: April 3, 2008
Fatality. The driver of a loaded logging truck died when his truck left the road as he was attempting to pass a truck going in the opposite direction. The employer failed to adequately supervise a newly hired logging truck driver.
Company: Southern Railway of British Columbia Limited, Huntingdon Rail Yard, 34520 Vye Road, Abbotsford
Classification unit: Railway
Amount: $63,750
Date of penalty: November 8, 2007
A worker was fatally injured while changing a coupling between two railcars.
The penalty was imposed because the employer failed to ensure that workers used a hand brake to guard against inadvertent railcar movement, which is a breach of lockout regulations.
Company: PMH Holdings Ltd., Residential housing, 10820 Seahurst Place, Richmond
Classification unit: Dump truck operation
Amount: $7,979
Date of penalty: September 6, 2007
Failure to ensure worker protection from potentially present hazardous materials by completing a hazardous materials survey prior to undertaking demolition work on a structure.
Company: Diamond Lil's Trucking Ltd., 2556 Mountain View, Sun Peaks
Classification unit: Dump truck operation
Amount: $18,504
Date of penalty: August 24, 2007
The employer failed to accurately determine the location of an underground gas line before using an excavator. This incident resulted in a ruptured gas line.
Company: Urban Woodwaste Recyclers Ltd., 4 Spruce Street, New Westminster
Classification unit: Recycling depot
Amount: $48,986
Date of penalty: August 22, 2007
Three workers were observed removing debris from the throat section of a "hog" without following proper lockout procedures.
Company: British Columbia Ferry Services
Classification unit: Ferry service
Amount: $15,000
Date of penalty: March 21, 2007
Repeat violations related to incomplete asbestos inventories. Failure to ensure that all asbestos-containing materials were properly identified.
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