Company and Director Plead Guilty to Occupational Health and Safety Charges

Service NL announced today that Lighting & Traffic Systems Ltd. and a company director were sentenced in St. John’s Provincial Court upon pleading guilty to violations of the Smoke Free Environment Act. The charges arose from inspections conducted at the workplace in Mount Pearl by the Occupational Health and Safety Branch in December 2010.

Lighting & Traffic Systems Ltd. of Mount Pearl had been charged with failing to ensure that a person refrains from smoking in a commercial establishment open to the public. The company director had been charged with smoking in that workplace.

The pleas and sentencing took place on November 14. The company must pay a fine of $500, while the director is to pay a fine of $200.

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Media contact:
Hugh Donnan
Director of Communications
Service NL
709-729-4860, 725-6511
hughdonnan@gov.nl.ca

2011 11 18             11:00 a.m.