Kindersley company fined $24K after workplace injury

A Kindersley rental company has been fined $24,000 in the wake of a workplace injury that happened in January of 2022.

J & H Rentals Ltd. pleaded guilty in Kindersley Provincial Court on Jan. 30 to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.

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According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, a worker was badly hurt on Jan. 13, 2022 in Kindersley when they fell through an opening on a work platform.

A release from the ministry Thursday said the company contravened a clause of the regulations that required it to cover an “opening or hole in a floor or other work surface into which a worker could step or fall.”

After the guilty plea, the court levied a fine of $17,142.86 with a surcharge of $6,857.14. Three other charges were stayed.