MANITOBA WORKPLACE FINES

January 27/11 Clint Todd Contracting fined $24,050

A worker broke both heels and ankles and fractured his L3 vertebrae after falling approximately 12m onto concrete while working on a residential roof without fall protection.  The company was fined for failing to provide the necessary fall protection systems.

January 13/11 Winnipeg Regional Health Authority fined $78,050

A worker sustained lacerations and bruising to his head and left arm when his head and left arm were trapped between an industrial washing machine and laundry hopper.  The company was fined for failing to provide the proper equipment with optional metal hopper attachment that prevented a worker from coming into contact with the moving parts of a machine.

December 16/10 Toromont Industries Ltd. fined $75,000

A worker was fatally injured when his head was crushed between the pavement and the frame of a fork lift truck that he was servicing.  The company was fined for failing to provide and maintain a workplace, necessary equipment, systems and tools that were safe and without risk to health by failing to provide a worker with tire chocks.

December 9/10 6539963 Canada Ltd. fined $36,100

A worker's pinky finger was amputated below the second knuckle from a metal cutting shear blade.  The company was fined for failing to ensure that a worker used safe work procedures, in the course of operating a metal shear, that minimized the risk to safety, and for failing to notify the WSH Division of a serious incident immediately after the incident occurred.

November 18/10 Gerald Shepell fined $30,000

A worker was fatally injured when the worker fell into a load of asphalt in a trailer and came out through the tailgate along with the asphalt.  The company was fined for failing to ensure the safety, health and welfare at work by allowing the worker to be in close proximity to a load of asphalt.

September 30/10 AGP Management Inc. (Contractor) fined $36,505

For failing to ensure that Marv Kornelsen Construction Ltd, provided the necessary fall protection systems.

September 30/10 Marv Kornelsen Construction Ltd. fined $42,050

A worker suffered spinal cord injuries when he lost his footing and fell approximately 25 feet from a roof to the ground.  The company was fined for failing to provide necessary fall protection systems.

September 30/10 Dreamcraft Carpentry fined $30,000

A worker fell through an open stairwell and suffered multiple injuries.  The company was fined for failing to ensure that a worker used procedures, in the course of sheeting a deck, that minimized risk to safety.

July 15/10 Grandeur Housing fined $42,050

A worker’s left thumb was partly amputated when the worker’s hand contacted an unguarded, rotating saw blade. The company was fined for failing to conduct a job hazard analysis for the use of the table saw.

July 15/10 St. Boniface Pallet Company fined $42,100

A worker’s middle finger was partly amputated when the worker’s left hand contacted an unguarded cutting blade. The company was fined for failing to guard a chamfer beveller, failing to ensure the worker used proper procedures, failing to conduct a job hazard analysis for the use of the chamfer beveller, and failing to develop and implement safe work procedures for machinery in the workplace.

June 30/10 Western Scrap Metals Inc. fined $42,050

A worker's middle finger was amputated and thumb cut when the worker's right hand contacted an unguarded saw blade. The company was fined for failing to ensure that a worker used procedures, in the course of changing a saw blade on a table saw, that minimized risk to safety.

April 1/10 Canadian Tool and Die fined $33,000

A worker's left thumb was crushed and partially amputated after it was caught between the moving parts of a hydraulic press machine. The company was fined for failing to ensure that a worker used procedures which minimized risk to safety in the course of operating a hydraulic press machine.

January 7/10 Wheat City Sandblasting & Painting Ltd. fined $30,050

A worker suffered severe head trauma as a result of being blasted by high-pressured silica sand when the nylon couplers connecting the sandblasting hoses came apart. The company was fined for failing to ensure that a worker used procedures, in the course of sandblasting a tanker, that minimized risk to safety.

December 17/09 Standard Manufacturers Services (2008) Ltd. fined $36,050

A worker’s pinky finger was amputated when it came in contact with a rotating band saw blade.  The company was fined for failing to conduct a job hazard analysis for the operation of a DoAll Band Saw.

November 17/09 Triple E Canada Ltd. fined $60,050

A worker's middle, ring and pinky finger were amputated when they came in contact with a shear blade. The shear was guarded, but the guard was located high enough on the shear that workers could and did put their hands near the point of operation. the company was fined for failing to conduct a job hazard analysis for the operation of an aluminum shear.

November 5/09 ICE Marketing & Consulting Ltd. fined $72,500

August 20/09 Shelmerdine Ltd. fined $80,550

A worker was fatally injured when he was crushed between the bottom step and front panel of a Bobcat Skidsteer.  The company was fined for allowing a worker to operate a skidsteer loader without being secured in the safety restraints in the driver's seat to protect the worker from contact with moving parts of the loader.

April 2/09 KC Manitoba Ltd fined $38,940

A worker's left index finger was partially amputated when her hand came in contact with a rotating drill bit.  The company was fined for failing to ensure a worker used safe work procedures when using the drill press.

February 5/09 Superior Truss Company fined $60,000

A worker was electrocuted when the crane he was operating came into contact with an overhead power line.  The company was fined for failing to train its workers on the safe operation of the equipment for the task of placing steel l-beams.

January 29/09 Jacobson & Grenier Ltd. fined $24,050

Fined for failing to make certain that Giesbrecht Drywall and Stucco (sub-contractor) ensured compentent supervision for its workers to that scaffolding was safely and properly erected and secured.

January 22/09 Giesbrecht Drywall and Stucco fined $20,000

Three workers were injured when the access scaffolding on which they were standing failed.  One worker suffered two broken ankles, of which one resulted in his leg being amputated below the knee.  A second worker suffered a broken ankle and the third worker suffered bruises to his body.  The company was fined for failing to inform, instruct and train workers on the proper procedures for erecting and securing scaffolding.