Medicine Hat and Regina Companies Prosecuted Under OHS Legislation

Released on February 10, 2015

• subsection 8(1) of the regulations for failing to notify the Occupational Health and Safety Division, as soon as reasonably possible, of an accident at a place of employment; and
• subsection 116(2) of the regulations for failing to ensure its workers used a fall protection system at a work area where they may fall three metres or more. 

Charges were laid after Occupational Health and Safety received a call on January 3, 2012, from an employee about having to work in an extremely violent care home where residents assaulted workers. 

Regina Residential Resource Centre was fined a total of $2,800 for contravening section 35(3) of the regulations for being an employer of workers who were required to work alone and failing to take all reasonably practicable steps to eliminate or reduce the risks.  Two other charges were stayed. 

Since April 2014, $565,495 in fines have been collected as a result of OHS convictions.

The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety ensures compliance with occupational health and safety standards through various enforcement tools and focused intervention with employers who have high injury rates. 

To learn more about other OHS prosecutions, or to learn more about health and safety in the workplace, please visit www.saskatchewan.ca/work.

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For more information, contact:

Bill Stovin
Labour Relations and Workplace Safety
Regina
Phone: 306-787-0926
Email: bill.stovin@gov.sk.ca