Newfoundland roofing firm, supervisor fined for inadequate fall protection

Oceanside Roofing Inc. and a superviso were fined for violations of the Newfoundland and Labrador Occupational Health and Safety Act related to fall protection. The charges arose from an inspection conducted by the Occupational Health and Safety Branch of Service NL at a construction site in St. John’s

The Newfoundland and Labrador government recently announced that Oceanside Roofing Inc. of Flatrock, plus a supervisor, was fined $2,000 for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act provisions on fall arrest systems.

“The charges arose from an inspection conducted by the Occupational Health and Safety Branch at a construction site at Castle Bridge Subdivision in St. John’s on June 28, 2012,” according to a press release from the Service NL ministry, whose responsibilities include workplace safety.

In addition to the fine imposed on the company, the provincial court in St. John’s also fined a company supervisor a total of $1,250.

The corporation pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to ensure that a fall arrest system was adequately secured to an anchorage point or lifeline.

The supervisor pleaded guilty to failing as a supervisor to ensure another worker wore fall protection and for failing as a worker to ensure that his own fall arrest system was secured to an anchorage point or lifeline. He was fined $750 as a supervisor and $500 as a worker.

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