OHS Scorecard: 5 Biggest OHS Fines in BC (April thru June 2019)
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| Fine | Offender | Offence(s)(1) | 2020 Filing Deadline |
| $662,102 | Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. (Kitimat Plant Division) | Two aluminum smelter maintenance workers suffer injuries after getting trapped in a gas treatment centre reactor | Failure to ensure that energy-isolating devices were locked in a safe position using acceptable procedures made available to all workers required to work on the equipment (high-risk violation) | $646,302 | Teck Metals Ltd. | WorkSafeBC inspector observe worker walking through a hazardous energized equipment area without a barrier or safeguard in place | Failure to ensure equipment was fitted with adequate safeguards to ensure workers can’t access hazardous points of operation (repeat and high-risk violation) | $165,301 | Shell Canada Limited | Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) release during cleaning of contaminated well tubing at natural gas well abandonment worksite results in injuries to 3 workers and one other performing rescue operations | Failure, as prime contractor, to (all high-risk violations): *Implement an effective detection and mitigation program for contaminated steel tubing *Conduct a risk assessment *Create written procedures or provide information to workers and subcontractors about potential H2S release *Analyze risks related to potential release of gases |
$159,811 | Tsetsaut Ventures Ltd. | New worker in a machine shop killed was inflating a tire on a rim assembly when the rim assembly blew apart. Worker killed by flying debris | Failure to: *Have adequate OHS program *Have safe operating procedures for rim assembly *Ensure worker received site orientation or new worker training *Ensure workers were aware of health and safety hazards *Ensure workers received adequate health and safety information, instruction, training and supervision *Have a workplace JHSC |
$126,226 | Craftsman Collision (1981) Ltd. | WorkSafeBC inspector observes worker using a tight-fitting respirator while sanding a vehicle who isn’t clean-shaven | *Failure to ensure workers were clean-shaven to create an effective seal between respirator and face (repeat violation) |
Note:
(1) All defendants charged as employers unless otherwise indicated