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