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:: Monday, July 21, 2008 ::
Crane operator's death warrants criminal charges, union group says - By Catherine Rolfsen, Vancouver Sun
An umbrella group for B.C. construction unions is calling for criminal charges in the death of a 22-year-old crane operator working on the Canada Line, but the union that represented him says the job site was safe and no charges are warranted.
WorkSafeBC -- the Workers' Compensation Board -- says the operator, Andrew Slobodian, was not sufficiently trained for the job he was doing.
WorkSafe is contemplating fines against his employers.
'It's just not sufficient to fine people in these instances,' Wayne Peppard, executive director of the B.C. Building Trades Council, said Friday 'That's just a cost of doing business.
'We believe that if a person isn't trained properly ... that's criminal,' Peppard said in an interview.
Slobodian's union, Ironworkers Local 97 -- a member of the trades council -- disagreed.------------------------------------------- posted 6:47 AM :: reference link ::
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