Evans Lumber and Builders Supply Limited, a Sudbury wood and lumber store, was fined $85,000 for two violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was fatally injured.
On September 30, 2009, a worker arrived in a delivery truck at 2091 Madison Avenue in Sudbury. The worker used a boom crane operated by remote control to unload the truck. During the course of unloading, the boom came in contact with an overhead power line. The worker was fatally electrocuted.
A Ministry of Labour investigation found that there was no signaller to assist the worker.
Evans Lumber and Builders Supply Limited was convicted of failing to ensure that no object was brought within the specified safe distance from an overhead electrical conductor, and that a competent worker designated as a signaller was in place to warn the operator if an object came within that specified distance. The company was fined $40,000 on the first count and $45,000 on the second count.
The fine was imposed by Justice of the Peace Monique Seguin. In addition to the fine, the court imposed a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge, as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime.
