755055 Ontario Ltd., operating as Rodco Enterprises, a Haliburton, Ont. construction company, and one of its supervisors were both fined for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act relating to a 2010 incident on Kennisis Lake Road in Haliburton.
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755055 Ontario Ltd., operating as Rodco Enterprises, a Haliburton, Ont. construction company, and one of its supervisors were both fined for violating the Occupational Health and Safety Act relating to a 2010 incident on Kennisis Lake Road in Haliburton.
On December 21, 2010, workers from Rodco were at a residential construction site on Kennisis Lake Rd. in Haliburton.
The workers were laying sheets of chip board on a deck. The deck’s framing was complete but no floor had been laid, explained an Ontario Ministry of Labour press statement.
While positioning a chip board, one of the workers stepped backwards and fell between two deck joists.
The worker fell over 3.66 metres to the ground and sustained fractures and a back injury.
Rodco Enterprises pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that a guardrail or fall arrest system was used while workers were exposed to a fall hazard of three metres or more. The company was fined $50,000.
In addition, after the injury, Rodco’s site supervisor directed workers to install guardrails and the deck floor before the Ministry of Labour attended the scene.
This was done without the permission of a ministry inspector.
The supervisor pleaded guilty to interfering with, disturbing, or altering articles or things at the scene of a critical workplace injury. The supervisor was fined $2,500.
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