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OHS Scorecard: 5 Biggest Recent Administrative Monetary Penalties in BC

OHS Scorecard: 5 Biggest Recent Administrative Monetary Penalties in BC

Fine Offender Trigger Incident Offence
Almost $650,000(1) Forensic Psychiatric Hospital Separate incidents in which a nurse at a rehab hospital was physically attacked Failure to protect workers from workplace violence via adequate risk assessments, policies and training
$65,712 Jack Cewe Ltd. Excavator contacts a buried, energized high voltage electrical conduit while doing road excavation work Failure to:

*Undertake excavation work according to requirements of the utility service owner; and

*Ensure machinery was kept the minimum approach distance from exposed electrical conductors

$53,690(2) Francesco Aquilini, Roberto Aquilini and Paolo Aquilini et al./Golden Eagle Farms During joint vehicle inspection, WorkSafeBC and provincial Commercial Vehicle Safety & Enforcement Branch find a leak in air brake compressor discharge line and other problems making the vehicle unsafe Failure to ensure vehicles used to transport workers were safely maintained
$34,223 Sandel Foods Inc. Worker cleaning conveyor that’s still running suffers serious injury after his arm gets caught in unguarded moving machine parts Failure to:

*Lock out machinery before maintenance work

*Guard nip points on belt conveyors

$17,381 Performance Contracting Ltd. An excavator digging trench for water line installation strikes and damages 2 energized high-voltage power ducts Failure to:

*Implement adequate safe work procedures

*Notify workers of existence and location of the electrical conductors

Notes:
(1) This is believed to be the highest Administrative Monetary Penalty ever issued by WorkSafeBC
(2) WorkSafeBC also issued stop-use order related to dangerous vehicle