Company placed on corporate probation for two years
Alpine Paving and Contracting and Chad England have been fined for the death of a worker. Alpine Paving and Contracting was fined a total of $248,400 for violating section 2(1)(a)(i) of Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act, failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker. The employer was also found guilty of section 7(1) of the OHS Code, failing to assess a work site for hazards before work began.
Additionally, Alpine Paving and Contracting was placed on two years of corporate probation.
Chad England was found guilty of section 2(2)(a) of the OHS Act, failing as a worker to ensure the safety of another worker. He was fined $31,050, inclusive of the victim fine surcharge, and placed on one year of probation-type conditions.
The incident occurred July 4, 2014, in Calgary. At the time, England and the other worker were working on a pick-up truck when it fell off of the jacks, causing death.
This writeup was originally published in the December 2018/January 2019 issue of COS.
