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Occupational Health and Safety Prosecution Outcomes for 2008-2009

Agrium Inc.

Pleaded guilty on June 4, 2008, to one charge under OHS regulations and fined $234,000 in provincial court.

Charged after an incident on

Aug. 31, 2006, when an employee was seriously injured by falling rock in an underground potash mine.

A.J. Construction Ltd.

Pleaded guilty on Oct. 1, 2008, to three charges under regulations and fined $1,080.

Charged for flagrant disregard of OHS law after a routine inspection of a Saskatoon worksite.

Bourgault Industries Ltd.

Pleaded guilty on Nov. 4, 2008, to one charge under regulations and fined $8,000.

Charged after an incident on

Feb. 2, 2007, when an employee died as a result of injuries incurred while operating a laser-cutting machine in St. Brieux.

Boyd Construction Inc.

Pleaded guilty on Dec. 4, 2008, to two charges under OHS regulations and one charge under the OHS Act and fined $18,850.

Charged after an incident on Oct. 16, 2007, when a young employee was seriously injured after he came into contact with a high-voltage utility line at a worksite in Fort Qu'Appelle.

Century Roofing

and Sheet Metal Ltd.

Pleaded guilty on Oct. 1, 2008, to three charges under regulations and fined $12,600.

Charged after an incident on Oct. 26, 2007, when an employee was seriously injured after falling off the roof of a building in Saskatoon.

Erican Construction Ltd.

Found guilty on Nov. 28, 2008, on three charges under regulations and fined $1,850.

Charged after an incident on

Aug. 15, 2006, when a young employee was seriously injured after falling from a building structure at a demolition site in Regina.

Hubbard Construction Inc.

Pleaded guilty on Jan. 21, 2008,

to two charges under regulations and fined $17,250.

Charged after an incident on Nov. 14, 2005, when an employee fell to his death at a new home construction site near Saskatoon.

J. Giesbrecht

& Son Cranes Ltd.

Pleaded guilty on Nov. 25, 2008, to one charge under regulations and fined $24,500.

Charged after an incident on July 5, 2006, when two employees were injured after a screening deck fell from a crane owned by J. Giesbrecht & Son Cranes in Saskatoon.

Mid-West Electric Ltd. and Kirby Grant

Mid-West Electric pleaded guilty on Nov. 18, 2008, to three charges under regulations and fined $26,000.

Kirby Grant pleaded guilty on Nov. 18, 2008, to one charge under regulations and fined $3,250.

Charged after an incident on Nov. 29, 2007, when a journeyman electrician employed by Mid-West Electric was seriously burned by an arc flash while working on an energized central distribution panel at a worksite in Saskatoon.

Olson-Nicolas

Contracting Ltd.

Pleaded guilty on Nov. 3, 2008, to three charges under the regulations and fined $1,030.

Charged for flagrant disregard of OHS law after a routine inspection of a Saskatoon worksite.

Outlaw Contracting Ltd.

Pleaded guilty on Nov. 21, 2008, to two charges under regulations and fined $700.

Charged for flagrant disregard of OHS law after a routine inspection of a Saskatoon worksite.

Pennell Farms Ltd.

Pleaded guilty on Apr. 7, 2008, to two charges under regulations and fined $6,500.

Charged after an incident on

Aug. 3, 2007, when an employee was seriously injured while repairing a grain bin sweep.

Redriver Lumber Ltd.

Pleaded guilty on Sept. 18, 2008, to one charge under regulations and fined $13,000.

Charged after an incident on Nov. 3, 2007, when a young employee was seriously injured while operating a table saw at a lumber yard in Estevan

Town of Carnduff

Pleaded guilty on Sept. 4, 2008, to two charges under regulations and fined $12,000.

Charged after an incident on Dec. 4, 2007, when an employee was seriously injured when he jumped from the falling man-basket of a front-end loader while repairing a Carnduff streetlight decoration.

Try Mark Framing

Pleaded guilty on Nov. 21, 2008, to two charges under regulations in Saskatoon provincial court and fined $700.

Charged for flagrant disregard of OHS law after a routine inspection of a Saskatoon worksite.

Prince Albert Co-operative Assoc. Ltd.

Pleaded guilty on Dec. 9, 2008, to one charge under regulations and fined $8,450.

Charged after an incident on Aug. 23, 2006, where a worker was seriously injured while operating a forklift near Shellbrook. The forklift he was operating rolled and he was pinned beneath it.

Saskatchewan Worker's Life Worth $8000?

Amongst the Occupational Health and Safety Prosecutions that were hidden by the Sask Party government for almost two years is the case of a company fined $8000 after the death of a worker. Another was fined only $17,250 for a workplace death.