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April 30, 2008
Judge orders Prebilt Structures to pay $50,000 in fines
CHARLOTTETOWN
A Prince Edward Island construction company has been fined $50,000 for violating the fall-protection regulations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Prebilt Structures Ltd. had pleaded guilty to violating safety rules in connection with the death last year of Claud Adolphus Scully.
Scully died as a result of injuries suffered in a fall on a construction site at the University of Prince Edward Island.
Judge Nancy Orr ordered that the money be directed to the Workers Compensation Board to be used for public education aimed at preventing similar injuries in the workplace.
Prebilt Structures Ltd. was the sub-contractor on the new School of Business project at UPEI at the time of the accident. The company was contracted to provide and erect the steel structure and decking for the building.
An agreed statement of facts presented in court indicated by January of last year the steel framing was erected and the steel floor panels on the fourth level of the new building were installed.
Scully, a senior employee of Prebilt Structures Ltd. and its on-site safety representative, was walking on the construction site on the day of the accident.
The deceased slipped on the steel decking on the fourth floor and fell through the unguarded elevator opening to the second-level ground floor, landing on a stack of concrete blocks.
An investigation by the Occupational Health and Safety Division determined that, on the day of the accident, the fall-protection system was not fully installed in the area where Scully fell.
It was also determined that the building’s floor openings were not guarded by guardrails in accordance with section four of the regulations.
Canadian Press
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