Construction company, shipyard fined for 'high risk' violations

📆 2022-09-15 2:00 PM
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Verity Construction Ltd. and Verity Developments of Langford were fined $122,403 for failure to install guard rails on scaffolding, while Point Hope Maritime was fined $85,000 after a worker was injured in a confined space

Two Greater Victoria companies have been fined for “high risk violations” involving heights and confined spaces on their work sites, according to WorkSafe B.C.

The safety agency said it saw 4,050 claims related to injuries caused by falls from elevation at construction sites in 2021, including 497 serious injuries and six fatalities. WorkSafe B.C. determined there were multiple deficiencies in the firm’s confined-space entry program and issued a stop-work order.

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Victoria companies face more than $200K in combined fines following 'high-risk violations'Two Greater Victoria-based companies responsible for several 'high-risk violations' are each out tens of thousands of dollars, with total fines combined totalling more than $200,000. As a welder who came from cowtown and worked in the victoria dry dock...i feel vindicated. HOLY HELL the Work Safe on this island is NUTS!!! its the wild west and i though alberta was reckless... There needs to be more oversight..it's stressful here.
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