On September 3rd, Adler Firestopping Ltd. pleaded guilty in St. Walburg Provincial Court September 3rd to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations and has to pay $100,00 in fines and surcharges.

The charge stemmed from a worksite incident that took place on November 28, 2022, on the Thunderchild First Nation in Saskatchewan. A worker was seriously injured as a result of a fall from a work platform.

The charge was for contravening subsection 12-5 (2) (a) of the regulations which is being an employer fail to ensure that every scaffold is designed, constructed, erected, used and maintained so as to perform safely any task that the scaffold is required to perform, resulting in the serious injury of a worker.

Three other charges were withdrawn. The Court imposed a fine of $71,428.57, with a surcharge of $28,571.43, for the total amount of $100,000.