C.C. Stucco End Plaster Ltd. and supervisor fined for health and safety violations CNW Telbec
Following the trial, a supervisor was found guilty of:
1. Failing to ensure that access to and egress from a work area located above or below ground level was by stairs, runway, ramp or ladder, as required by Section 70(1) of the Regulations for Construction Projects. This was contrary to Section 27(1)(a) of the act;
2. Failing to ensure a guardrail system was provided to a scaffold's work platform to which a worker had access to an edge, as required by Section 26.3(1)(4) of the Regulations for Construction Projects. This was contrary to Section 27(1)(a) of the act; and
3. Failing to ensure the scaffold's work platform planks were cleated or otherwise secured against slipping, as required by Section 135(2)(e) of the Regulations for Construction Projects. This was contrary to Section 27(1)(a) of the act.