Kevin’s Custom Ag Ltd. pleaded guilty in connection with a workplace fatality involving carbon monoxide exposure during sandblasting.
Kevin’s Custom Ag Ltd. pleaded guilty in Nipawin provincial court on Sept. 25 to one violation of provincial Occupational Health and Safety regulations, the province announced on Wednesday.
The charge stemmed from an incident on Feb. 23, 2023 in the northeast community, when a worker was fatally injured as a result of carbon monoxide exposure while using a sandblaster.
The company was charged with being an employer that failed to provide and maintain approved blasting hoods supplied with air that is clean and at a reasonable temperature for workers engaged in abrasive blasting, resulting in the death of a worker.
The court imposed a fine of $60,000, along with a $24,000 surcharge.
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