Shuswap construction company fined $11K for fatal incident at worksite
WorkSafeBC said the excavator’s lockout lever was not engaged and cited multiple high-risk safety failures after the worker’s death.
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Shuswap construction company fined $11K for fatal incident at worksite - The Similkameen Spotlight
A Shuswap construction company was fined $11,613 for a fatal workplace incident. The fine was issued June 9 to Mounce Construction Ltd. following a WorkSafeBC investigation of an incident at the firm’s worksite. According to WorkSafeBC, an excavator was loading concrete sewer rings into the box of a truck when the excavator’s boom control was “inadvertently activated.” “The boom and bucket swung and struck a worker, who sustained fatal injuries,…
Shuswap construction company fined $11K for fatal incident at worksite
A Shuswap construction company was fined $11,613 for a fatal workplace incident. The fine was issued June 9 to Mounce Construction Ltd. following a WorkSafeBC investigation of an incident at the firm’s worksite. According to WorkSafeBC, an excavator was loading concrete sewer rings into the box of a truck when the excavator’s boom control was “inadvertently activated.” “The boom and bucket swung and struck a worker, who sustained fatal injuries,…
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