Firm also failed to protect workers from flying material, silica dust
Easy Nail Construction has been fined $13,346 by WorkSafeBC.
WorkSafeBC inspected this firm's work site in Kamloops, B.C., and observed two equipment operators inside an excavation, working directly below and next to an unsupported excavation face. The excavation was greater than 6.1 metres high and cut into a hillside.
The firm had not obtained written instructions from a qualified professional in relation to work being conducted within the excavation. WorkSafeBC issued a stop-work order.
The firm failed to ensure the excavation was sloped, shored, benched or otherwise supported as required before workers entered the excavation. The firm also failed to ensure that the excavator operators were protected from flying or falling material and exposure to silica dust, through suitable cabs, screens, grills, shields, deflectors, guards or other protective structures required by safety standards applicable to the excavators in use at this workplace. These were high-risk violations.
Furthermore, the firm failed to provide its workers with the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety.
Source: WorkSafeBC
