Farm Company Fined $20,000 for Not Reporting Worker’s Hospitalization Injury

A farm worker had to be hospitalized after sustaining serious injuries as a result of getting pinched between a skid shack and the bucket of a tracked hoe. In addition to failing to protect the victim, the employer pled guilty of not reporting the incident to OHS authorities within 72 hours, as required by the OHS Regulations and was hit with a fine of $20,000 [K. Hauesler Farms Inc., Govt. Press Release, December 22, 2020].