Residential construction company fined $21K
Cedar Grove Framing has been fined $20,880 by WorkSafeBC.
The agency inspected this firm's work site in Nanaimo, B.C., and observed a worker applying building paper to a house under construction. The worker was standing on a non-compliant work platform: a step stool positioned on a plank that was set on the top steps of two scaffold ladders.
The worker was not using a personal fall protection system and no other form of fall protection was in place, exposing the worker to a fall risk of about 3.4 metres (11 feet). The firm failed to ensure fall protection was used, a repeated violation.
Furthermore, the firm failed to ensure that equipment in the workplace is used and operated in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. These were both high-risk violations.
Source: WorkSafeBC
