Bourgault Industries Ltd operating as Highline Manufacturing Ltd. pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court on July 22 to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations,2020.
On June 22, 2022, in Vonda, Saskatchewan, a worker was seriously injured while flushing highly flammable solvent through an electrostatic paint gun.
As a result Bourgault Industries Limited was sued and the company pleaded guilty that it contravened Clause 3-1(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. Being an employer, the company failed to comply with the duties of an employer at a place of employment including the provision and maintenance of a plant, provision of 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 of a worke
The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations also provides for other conditions of service such as provision a safe and healthy workplace,establishing and maintaining an effective health and safety program and obtain input from the Occupational Health Committee (OHC), making sure that managers and supervisors are trained, supported, and held accountable for fulfilling their workplace health and safety requirements, overseeing the health and safety performance of their managers and supervisors. making sure workers have the information, training, certification, supervision, and experience to do their jobs safely,make sure medical/first aid facilities are provided as needed and ensuring that legal health and safety requirements are met, among others.
Two other charges were withdrawn in the case while the Court imposed a fine of $46,428.57 with a $18,571.43 surcharge, for a total amount of $65,000.
