Employer Fined $24,000 for Incident on Scaffold-Elevated Work Platform

A worker suffered injuries while working on a platform attached to a forklift. The employer pled guilty to 2 OHS violations, including failure to ensure that: i. no worker works, no material is piled, stored or handled, no scaffold is erected or dismantled and no equipment or powered mobile equipment is used or operated within the specified minimum clearance distance specified in the OHS Regulations; and ii. work is sufficiently and competently supervised. Result: $24,000 in fines [101063698 Saskatchewan Ltd., Government News Release, November 16, 2020].