Our Ministry provides information below on prosecutions, convictions and acquittals under Saskatchewan's Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations for the current fiscal year (April 1, 2012 - April 30, 2013). Cactus Roofing (News Release)
- Cactus Roofing was charged in relation to incidents occurring February 10, 2011, May 11, 2012, and June 12, 2012.
- On May 16, 2013, Cactus Roofing was found guilty in Provincial Court of six charges under the OHS regulations related to the following:
- failure to use a fall protection system where a worker may fall three metres or more.
- failure to provide and/or require workers to use appropriate footwear
- failure to provide and/or require workers to use appropriate protective headwear
- failure to ensure that a portable ladder is secured against accidental movement during use
- Charges against Cactus Roofing in relation to an incident occurring between May 23 and June 18 2012 were stayed.
- Fined a total of $9,120.
Flaman Sales Ltd.
- Flaman Sales Ltd. was charged in relation to a December 16, 2009 incident where a worker was fatally injured while using a PTO shaft. The company was charged with contravening section 8(a) (ii) of the Act (failure to ensure, insofar as was reasonably practicable, that a grain extractor it supplied to Greenspring Ag Services Ltd., complied with the requirements of the Act and its associated regulations, by failing to effectively guard an exposed moving shaft on the grain extractor, resulting in the death of a worker).
- On April 10, 2013 the charge against Flaman Sales Ltd. was stayed.
McDiarmid Lumber Ltd. (News Release)
- McDiarmid Lumber Ltd. was charged in relation to a December 23, 2010 incident where a worker was injured on a residential construction site in Saskatoon, Sask.
- On April 10, 2013 McDiarmid pleaded guilty in Provincial Court to one charge under the OHS regulations related to the following:
- Failure to ensure that a worksite that was not under the direct or complete control of the employer was safe for workers.
- Two other charges against McDiarmid were stayed.
- Fined a total of $2,800.
CDK Holdings (Operating as Koby Masonry Construction) (News Release)
- CDK Holdings was charged in relation to an October 06, 2010 incident where a worker was seriously injured while dismantling a scaffold.
- On April 10, 2013, CDK Holdings was found guilty in Provincial Court to one charge under the OHS regulations related to the following:
- failure to use a fall protection system where a worker may fall three metres or more.
- Three other charges against CDK Holdings were stayed.
- Fined a total of $12,600.
- Charges against Michael Serby in relation to the same incident were stayed.
Granite Developments Inc. (News Release)
- Granite Developments Inc. was charged in relation to an October 12, 2010 involving non-compliance with fall protection and head protection in Regina, Saskatchewan.
- On March 11, 2013, Granite Developments Inc. pleaded guilty in Regina Provincial Court to one charge under the OHS regulations related to the following:
- Failure to ensure that workers used a fall protection system at a work area where a worker may fall three metres or more.
- Two other charges against Granite Developments Inc. were stayed.
- Fined a total of $980.
D & R Roofing Ltd.
- D & R Roofing Ltd. was charged in relation to an incident occurring September 03, 2010, involving fall protection and supervision. On October 05 2012, all three charges against D & R Roofing Ltd. were stayed.
Lonesome Prairie Sand and Gravel Ltd. (News Release)
- Lonesome Prairie Sand and Gravel Ltd. was charged in relation to a November 11, 2009 incident in which a worker was seriously injured while grinding the inside of a rock crusher cone near the Whitecap First Nation, Saskatchewan.
- On September 20, 2012, Lonesome Prairie Sand and Gravel Ltd. pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court to two charges under the OHS regulations related to the following:
- Failure to ensure that all work at a place of employment is sufficiently and competently supervised;
- Failure to ensure that the hoist used to lift the cone and liner from the rock crusher was constructed and operated to perform the task safely.
- Two other charges against Lonesome Prairie Sand and Gravel Ltd. were stayed.
- Fined a total of $9,100.
Tyler Neuls (News Release)
- On September 10, 2012, Tyler Neuls was charged in relation to an August 26, 2009 incident which resulted in the death of Billy Francis while unloading a steel power pole from a flatbed trailer.
- On August 14, 2012, Tyler Neuls pleaded guilty in Moosomin Provincial Court to one charge under the OHS Act related to the following:
- Failure to take reasonable care to protect the health and safety of himself and his co-worker.
- Fined a total of $400.
City of Meadow Lake (News Release)
- City of Meadow Lake was charged after a September 22, 2010 inspection indicated that the City had violated OHS Regulations requiring protection from cave-ins or sliding materials in a trench, and effective supervision.
- On July 30, 2012, City of Meadow Lake pleaded guilty in Meadow Lake Provincial Court to two charges under the OHS regulations related to the following:
- Failure to ensure that workers were protected from cave-ins or sliding materials in a trench, contrary to section 263(1) of the OHS regulations;
- Failure to ensure that all work at place of employment was sufficiently and competently supervised, contrary to section 17(1)(a) of the OHS regulations.
- Fined a total of $6,180.
Theodore Sibbald, operating as Sibbald Roofing (News Release)
- Theodore Sibbald, operating as Sibbald Roofing was charged in relation to a November 21, 2009 incident in which two workers were seriously injured while shingling an existing house in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.
- On July 25, 2012, Sibbald Roofing pleaded guilty in Moose Jaw Provincial Court to four charges under the OHS regulations related to the following:
- Failure to ensure that workers used a fall protection system at a work area where workers may fall three metres or more;
- Failure to ensure that there was a written fall protection plan for the situation where a worker may fall three metres or more;
- Failure to ensure that scaffold planks were inspected by a competent worker to ensure that the scaffold planks were free of defects;
- Failure to ensure that scaffold planks did not span more than three metres between vertical supports.
- Six charges against Theodore Sibbald were stayed.
- Fined a total of $9,800.
Saskatchewan contractor, Lorry Reimer (News Release)
- Lorry Reimer was charged on August 01, 2012 in relation to an incident in which two workers were fatally injured as a result of explosion from a ruptured gas line.
- On May 16, 2012, Lorry Reimer was found guilty in Nipawin Provincial Court to two counts under the OHS Act related to the following:
- Failure to ensure mechanical excavation does not take place within 600 millimeters of an existing pipeline, cable or conduit, contrary to section 259(2) of the OHS regulations;
- Failure to ensure that his actions do not expose workers to risks to their health and safety, contrary to section 5(a) of the OHS Act.
- Fined a total of $28,000.
Dmyterko Enterprises Ltd. (News Release)
- Dmyterko Enterprises Ltd. was charged after a February 16, 2011 routine inspection indicated that the company had violated OHS legislation related to protection against cave-ins of trenches, personal protective equipment and supervision.
- On May 31, 2012, Dmyterko Enterprises Ltd. pleaded guilty in Prince Albert Provincial Court to one charge under the OHS regulations related to the following:
- Failure to ensure that a worker was protected from cave-ins or sliding materials in a trench, contrary to section 263(1) of the OHS regulations;
- Two other charges against In-Line Contracting Ltd. were stayed.
- Fined a total of $4,200.
- Harvey Delisle, a supervisor for Dmyterko Enterprises Ltd., was also charged as a result of this incident. The charges against Mr. Delisle were dismissed for want of prosecution.
- In-Line Contracting Ltd. was charged in relation to an August 24, 2009 incident in which a worker, Lincoln Smith was fatally injured while operating a Horizontal Earth Drilling Machine on Highway 16 near Maymont, Saskatchewan.
- On May 17, 2012, In-Line Contracting Ltd. pleaded guilty in North Battleford Provincial Court to one charge under the OHS regulations related to the following:
- Failure to ensure that an effective safeguard (the master casing pusher on a horizontal earth boring machine) was in place to prevent contact with the dangerous part of that boring machine.
- Four other charges against In-Line Contracting Ltd. were stayed.
- Fined a total of $16,800.
- Agrium Inc. was charged in relation to a May 11, 2010 incident in which its worker, Ed Artic, was fatally injured at the Agrium Inc. Surface Mine in Vanscoy, Saskatchewan.
- On May 29, 2012, Agrium Inc. pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court to one charge under the OHS Act related to the following:
- Failure to provide or maintain a system of work or working environment that ensured, as far as reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of a worker.
- Three other charges against Agrium Inc. were stayed.
- Fined a total of $420,000.
MOOSE JAW REFINERY ULC AND GIBSON ENERGY LTD. ( News Release)
- Moose Jaw Refinery ULC, operating as Moose Jaw Refinery Partnership, was charged in relation to an incident that occurred on September 10, 2009 where a hot asphalt tank overflowed and poured down on the body of the worker, causing 1st and 2nd degree burns to approximately 40% of his body.
- On April 30, 2012, Moose Jaw Refinery ULC pleaded guilty in Moose Jaw Provincial Court to one charge under the OHS Act related to the following:
- Failure to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of a worker, resulting in injury to the worker.
- Four other charges against Moose Jaw Refinery ULC were stayed.
- Fined a total of $11,900.
- Gibson Energy Ltd. was charged in relation to the same incident that occurred on September 10, 2009 where a hot asphalt tank overflowed and poured down on the body of the worker, causing 1st and 2nd degree burns to approximately 40% of his body.
- On April 30, 2012, all charges against Gibson Energy Ltd. were stayed in Moose Jaw Provincial Court.
GEORGE THERRES, OPERATING AS THERRES CONSTRUCTION AND GARY HOPPE (News Release)
- George Therres, operating as Therres Construction was charged in relation to an incident that occurred on October 1, 2010, where a worker was injured when a drilling attachment released from a Bob-Cat and fell on him.
- On April 16, 2012, Mr. Therres pleaded guilty in Humboldt Provincial Court to one charge under the OHS Act related to:
- Failure to ensure the health, safety, and welfare of a worker by failing to instruct a worker to keep a safe distance from a piece of powered mobile equipment operated by an untrained operator.
- One other charge against Mr. Therres was stayed.
- Fined a total of $4,200.
- Gary Hoppe was charged in relation to an incident that occurred on October 1, 2010, where a worker was injured when a drilling attachment released from a Bob-Cat and fell on him.
- On April 16, 2012, Mr. Hoppe pleaded guilty in Humboldt Provincial Court to one charge under the OHS Act related to:
- o Failure to ensure all work at a place of employment was sufficiently and competently supervised.
- One other charge against Mr. Hoppe was stayed.
- Fined a total of $4,200.
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