Government Services
June 15, 2009
Company Sentenced in Wabush Provincial Court
The Department of Government Services announced today
that Carol Automobile Ltd. was sentenced in Provincial Court on May 25,
2009, upon pleading guilty to one violation of the Occupational Health
and Safety Regulations.
An inspection of the premises in Labrador City in
October 2006 uncovered deficiencies in both local and general
ventilation which resulted in a number of orders being issued. This led
to four charges being laid by the Occupational Health and Safety Branch
in December 2008 relating to both the lack of ventilation on the
premises, and to non-compliance with the related orders.
The company pled guilty to the charge of failing to install a
ventilation system that would secure and maintain "the circulation of
clean and wholesome air" in the building. The court order requires the
company to pay a $2,000 fine, to install both local and general exhaust
ventilation by a certain date, to monitor and report carbon monoxide
levels for the next nine months, to refrain from operating the repair
facility after June 25, 2009, unless the ventilation has been installed,
and requires the principals to attend a seminar on indoor air quality.
The three other charges were withdrawn.
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Media contact:
Vanessa Colman-Sadd
Director of Communications
Department of Government Services
709-729-4860, 682-6593
vanessacolmansadd@gov.nl.ca
2009 06 15 10:20 a.m.
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