J & H Rentals Ltd. recently pleaded guilty in Kindersley Provincial Court to violating OH&S regulations and will have to pay a total of $24,000 in fines and surcharges.

The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on January 13, 2022, in Kindersley, Saskatchewan when a worker was seriously injured after falling through an opening on a work platform.

Occupational Health and Safety Regulations 2020 stipulate that an employer has to ensure that any opening or hole in a floor or other work surface into which a worker could step or fall is covered with a securely installed covering that is capable of supporting a load of 360 kilograms per square metre and that is provided with a warning sign or permanent marking clearly indicating the nature of the hazard.

Three other charges were stayed.