Individual subcontracted to supervise work also fined
Rockshore Homes of Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., was fined $25,000 plus the 15 per cent victim fine surcharge, for a total fine of $28,750. The company was also placed on two years of corporate probation.
On Nov. 26, 2014, a worker fell approximately 5 metres from a second story work platform while installing a window on a new two-story single family home. The worker was seriously injured.
Rockshore Homes pleaded guilty to section 3(3) of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act, failure to ensure, as prime contractor, that the OHS act, the regulations and the adopted code were complied with in respect of the work site.
All other charges were withdrawn.
Darren Richard Dyck pleaded guilty to section 2(1)(a)(i) of the OHS act, failure to ensure the safety of a worker. Dyck was subcontracted to Rockshore to supervise the window installation. He was fined $6,335, inclusive of the victim fine surcharge.
All other charges were withdrawn.
Source: Government of Alberta
