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OHS Scorecard: 5 Biggest Recent OHS Fines in BC
Fine Offender Trigger Incident Offence(s)(1)
| $637,415 West Fraser Mills Ltd. Subcontractor’s worker suffers serious burns while vacuuming a hatch midway up a multi-cone hopper when compacted hot ash in the hopper broke free >Failure as prime contractor to:

*Do an adequate assessment of risks associated with accumulated hot ash

*Ensure safe work procedures were communicated to subcontractor firm

*Ensure subcontractor’s workers were trained

>Failure as site owner to:

*Provide information necessary to identify and control hazards (repeated violation)

* Instruct workers in safe work procedures

*Provide adequate PPE for work around extreme temperature sources

$80,000 Honghot Enterprises Inc. WorkSafeBC issues stop work order after inspectors spot violations at residential asbestos abatement site *Negative air pressure not maintained at decontamination unit

*Breaches in the containment, including holes in exterior walls, soffit venting + and around windows

*Workers observed exiting the building without following proper decontamination procedures

$40,000 Safe and Sound Environmentals Ltd. Firm that did pre-demoliton asbestos abatement at residential site was unable to provide clearance letter, air sample results, waste disposal records or other evidence that asbestos-containing materials were removed in accordance with safe work practices *Failure to safely contain or remove all hazardous materials

*Failure to have qualified person confirm in writing that all hazardous materials had been contained or removed

$40,000 EFE Hazmat Ltd. WorkSafeBC finds asbestos at residential site after abatement contractor issued clearance letter saying all asbestos-containing materials were removed Failure to safely contain or remove all hazardous materials
$33,923 Robar Industries Ltd. WorkSafeBC issues stop work order after spotting confined spaces violations at foundry plant inside space containing respirable crystalline silica (RCS) dust *Failure to have qualified person develop exposure control plan

*Failure to use adequate control measures to protect against RCS dust exposure

*Failure to train workers in hazards of RCS dust, safe work procedures + PPE use

*Allowing use of dry sweeping to clean RCS dust

*Failure to implement confined space entry program