HSE Fines – Does the punishment match the crime?
Are HSE fines having the affect they were intended too, or are they ‘a drop in a bucket’ for a business?
An ON Corporate Director with two previous convictions for safety violations has been sentenced to one day imprisonment and a fine of $10,000 for ignoring safety regulations. No one fell or was injured.
The employer, was charged with failing as an employer to ensure a worker was adequately protected from falling. By law, the worker should have been using a travel restraint system, fall-restricting system, fall arrest system or a safety net.
On Oct. 7, 2015, a Ministry of Labour inspector attended a residence in Belleville, Ont., and observed a roofer working at a height of more than three metres without being protected by fall protection. The worker’s employer was later charged with the offence.
The Employer had two prior convictions for the same offence. One was a conviction in 2013 with a fine of $2,000 and the other was a conviction in 2015 with a fine of $4,500; no one fell or was injured. These convictions fall under the Construction Projects Regulation (Regulation 213/91) and the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
This case is interesting due to the repeat offending nature, but does the punishment have the desired effect, if the crime is repeated.
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Director of Roofing Company Jailed, Fined $10,000 for Failure to Follow Safety Rules
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Scarborough Auto Company Fined $10,000 for Failure to Comply with Order to Pay
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Picton Cement Producer Fined $50,000 After Worker Injured by Machine
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Waterloo Food Processing Company Fined $55,000 After Worker Injured by Machine Blades
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Gay Lea Foods Co-operative Limited Fined $70,000 After Worker Injured
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LCBO Fined $100,000 After Worker Injured
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Sleep Country Canada Fined $60,000 After Delivery Worker Injured In Traffic
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March 2017
Construction cage collapses, two workers injured, $50K fine in St. Catharines
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Vaughan Company Fined $75,000 After Worker Critically Injured
March 15, 2017
Roofing Company Fined $57,500 After Worker Falls Through Roof
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February 2017
Grimsby Builder Convicted After Construction Project Collapses
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Security Service Fined $70,000 For Failure to Meet Workplace Harassment and Violence Prevention Training Requirements
February 9, 2017
Worker Suffers Permanent Injury, Company Fined $70,000
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Konecranes Canada Inc. Fined $125,000 After Worker Fatally Injured
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Window Manufacturer Fined $150,000 After Worker Dies, Another Injured
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January 2017
Mining, Paving Companies Fined Total of $95,000 After Worker Injury
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Injury to Worker at Kitchener Wastewater Plant Results in $85,000 Fine
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Metal Recycling Company Fined $105,000 After Worker Killed By Excavator
January 23, 2017
Regional Municipality of Waterloo Fined $50,000 After Workers Exposed to Asbestos
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Employer Fined $115,000 After Worker Suffers Crushing Injury
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