Pleading guilty in connection to a workplace injury has resulted in a $28,000 fine for Gardiner Plumbing Ltd.

The company pleaded guilty in North Battleford court this week to a charge that stemmed from an incident which occurred on August 7, 2020 at a worksite near Île-à-la-Crosse. A worker was seriously injured in a fall when a roof structure collapsed.

The company was fined $20,000 plus a surcharge of $8,000. One other charge was stayed.

Gardiner Plumbing Ltd. pleaded guilty to contravening clause 12(a) of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 1996 (being an employer at a place of employment, fail to provide and maintain plant, systems of work and working environments that ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of the employer’s workers, resulting in the serious injury of a worker).