Contractor fined $120,750 after workers injured on ATV​

Vehicle began to roll downhill, brakes did not work

D & J Isley & Sons Contracting has been fined a total of $120,750 due to serious injuries with an all-terrain vehicle (ATV).

An equipment operator and a second worker were travelling to their work site in Grande Prairie, Alta. on an ATV when it stalled on a sloped road. The vehicle began to roll downhill and the brakes did not work so the equipment operator steered the vehicle into a washout ditch, injuring both workers.

D & J Isley & Sons Contracting Ltd. was found guilty of violating section 12(1)(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulations, failing to ensure equipment was maintained in a condition that would not compromise the safety of workers using it. They were also found guilty of violating section 15(1) of the OHS Regulations, failing to ensure a worker was trained in the safe operation of the equipment the worker was required to operate.

D & J Isley & Sons Contracting was also placed on one year of enhanced regulatory supervision through section 75 of the OHS Act, which is similar to corporate probation.