On Oct. 10, 2024, Bakke Contracting Ltd. pleaded guilty in Moose Jaw Provincial Court to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020.
The company was fined for contravening clause 3-1 (a) of the regulations (being an employer at a place of employment failed to provide and maintain of a plant, systems of work and working environments that ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety and welfare at work of the employer’s workers, resulting in a serious injury to a worker). As a result, the court imposed a fine of $89,285.71 with a surcharge of $35,714.29, for a total amount of $125,000.
Four other charges were withdrawn.
The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on Feb. 20, 2023, near Brownlee, Sask. when a worker was seriously injured when they fell from an elevated platform.