Charges laid resulting from industrial accident in Corner Brook

The Department of Government Services announced today that a company and a supervisor have been charged with alleged violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations in relation to an industrial accident that occurred in December of 2004.

The accident occurred at a sawmill in Corner Brook and resulted in injuries to one worker. The charges are the result of an investigation by the Occupational Health and Safety Branch.

Stan Dawe Limited has been charged with five violations under the act and regulations which relate generally to its failure as an employer to report the accident, to establish and maintain an Occupational Health and Safety Program, to provide adequate supervision, and to ensure machines with exposed moving parts are guarded. The charge against the supervisor relates to a failure to take reasonable care to protect other workers at the workplace.

The first appearance for both the company and the supervisor is scheduled for April 4, 2006 at Provincial Court in Corner Brook.

Media contact: Vanessa Colman-Sadd, Communications, (709) 729-4860, 682-6593

2006 03 03                    10:05 a.m.