News Items tag as: WorkSafe BC Penalties

Thompson ranch fined $27K for not having a seat belt on a tractor
July 09, 2022 - 6:00 AM

A Thompson area cattle ranch has been fined nearly $27,000 by WorkSafeBC for using a tractor that didn't have a seatbelt.
WorkSafe slaps Kamloops bakery with $8,500 fine after finding asbestos
March 12, 2022 - 11:31 AM
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A Kamloops bakery was fined $8,484.63 last month after a WorkSafeB.C. inspection found asbestos in the food prep area.
Oliver company fined $27K by WorkSafeBC
May 10, 2021 - 7:30 PM

A roofing company working in Oliver was fined more than $27,000 for failing to ensure its employees had adequate fall protection.
Alberta contractor fined for violations at Osoyoos worksite
September 16, 2020 - 6:30 PM

An Alberta masonry company was recently handed a fine by Worksafe B.C. for failing to ensure its workers used fall protection on a job in Osoyoos.
Alberta firm fined for infractions at Penticton worksite
September 14, 2020 - 9:40 AM

An Alberta stucco firm has been fined by Worksafe B.C. for safety violations at a Penticton work site.
Penticton car wash fined $2,500 in workplace death
June 06, 2019 - 2:15 PM

PENTICTON - WorkSafeBC has levied a fine against a Penticton car wash in which a workplace death occurred in 2017.
$Worksafe B.C. has fined the Oliver branch of B.C. Tree Fruits for repeated infractions of not providing adequate guards and for not providing training in fall protection to their workers.$

Workplace violations costly to Oliver's B.C. Tree Fruits
May 09, 2018 - 6:30 AM

OLIVER - Health and safety violations proved costly to a South Okanagan workplace.
Kamloops manufacturing company fined $25,000
January 10, 2018 - 1:13 PM

KAMLOOPS - A local manufacturing company is facing a hefty fine after a worker was injured on the job.
Employer fined after Vernon man's workplace death
November 17, 2017 - 4:13 PM

VERNON - A North Okanagan automotive shop has been fined in relation to the workplace death of a Vernon man.
Vernon School District hit with huge fine for breaking asbestos rules
April 18, 2017 - 10:30 AM

VERNON - A fine of more than $628,000 has been leveled against the Vernon School District in connection with renovation work done on a leased building that contained asbestos.
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Fruit packers near Kelowna fined another $78,000
A fruit packing plant in the Ellison area east of Kelowna was hit with another $78,368 in fines for discharging effluent into a failed septic field. That’s now more than $110,000 in fines since 2022 for the same issue at Sandher Fruit

Advocacy group calls on Vancouver to 'embrace' cannabis tourism after 4-20 'debacle'
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Tranquille developer blames province after multiple ALC denials
The province's Agricultural Land Commission has heard multiple pleas from the owner of a historic Kamloops property who wants to build an agricultural suburb on the massive site. Each time Ignition Developments goes to the commission, i

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