SHARE ON: |
| |
| |
 |
 |
|
|
Evraz Inc. has pleaded guilty to violating occupational health and safety regulations in connection to two serious workplace injuries that happened at their Regina facility in 2019, resulting in fines over 900,000.
In a release, the province said the company pleaded guilty to the charges in Regina Provincial Court on Feb. 9, 2021.
The first incident took place on Jan. 24, 2019, where a worker was rolling a pipe and slipped on ice and snow, resulting in the person being pinned between the pipe and a steel plate of a conveyor. The government said the incident resulted in serious injuries.
The company pleaded guilty to clause 12(a) of the regulations, which includes being an employer, 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 employers workers, resulting in the serious injury to a worker.
Evraz was fined 257,142.14 with a 102,857.86 surcharge, for a total of 360,000.
The second batch of charges stem from an incident that took place on Feb. 6, 2019, where a worker was seriously injured after a machine moved while the person was trying to put out a grease fire.
The company pleaded guilty to charges related to this incident, for contravening clause 137(1)(a) of the regulations, which includes being an employer, fail to provide an effective safeguard where a worker may contact a dangerous moving part of a machine, resulting in a serious injury to a worker.
These charges resulted in a fine of 410,714.29 with a 164,285.71 surcharge, for a total of 575,000.
Fines from the two incidents total 935,000
One charge was also withdrawn.
|
 |
|
 |
|
 |
 |
 |
3 am |
| 12 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 11 KM/H
GUSTING TO 19 KM/H |
|
|
 |
4 am |
| 12 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 12 KM/H
GUSTING TO 20 KM/H |
|
|
 |
5 am |
| 12 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 11 KM/H
GUSTING TO 19 KM/H |
|
|
 |
6 am |
| 12 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 9 KM/H
GUSTING TO 15 KM/H |
|
 |
 |
7 am |
| 13 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SE 9 KM/H
GUSTING TO 10 KM/H |
|
|
 |
8 am |
| 13 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: SSE 10 KM/H
GUSTING TO 11 KM/H |
|
|
 |
9 am |
| 15 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: S 9 KM/H
GUSTING TO 11 KM/H |
|
|
 |
10 am |
| 16 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
WIND: S 8 KM/H
GUSTING TO 11 KM/H |
|
 |
 |
 |
TODAY |
HIGH OF 21 ℃
LOW OF 12 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
 |
TUESDAY |
HIGH OF 18 ℃
LOW OF 11 ℃ |
| MODERATE RAIN |
|
|
 |
WEDNESDAY |
HIGH OF 20 ℃
LOW OF 12 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
 |
THURSDAY |
HIGH OF 21 ℃
LOW OF 12 ℃ |
| OVERCAST CLOUDS |
|
 |
 |
FRIDAY |
HIGH OF 20 ℃
LOW OF 14 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
 |
SATURDAY |
HIGH OF 15 ℃
LOW OF 12 ℃ |
| MODERATE RAIN |
|
|
 |
SUNDAY |
HIGH OF 21 ℃
LOW OF 14 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
 |
MONDAY |
HIGH OF 19 ℃
LOW OF 13 ℃ |
| LIGHT RAIN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
SMASH INTO PIECES A SKY FULL OF STARS 03:35 AM |
 |
 |
CORY MARKS WHISKEY FOR SALE 03:31 AM |
 |
 |
COLD EMILY 03:28 AM |
 |
 |
THREE DAYS GRACE IN COLD BLOOD 03:25 AM |
 |
 |
FALLING IN REVERSE BAD GUY 03:22 AM |
 |
 |
ACDC MONEYTALKS 03:18 AM |
 |
 |
SLASH ANASTASIA 03:09 AM |
 |
 |
HEADCAGE SIDE BY SIDE 03:05 AM |
 |
 |
FUEL FALLS ON ME 03:00 AM |
 |
 |
DREAM WIDOW THE SWEET ABYSS 02:56 AM |
 |
 |