Inspectors from WorkSafeBC, the Workers’ Compensation Board of British Columbia, are currently hammering down on roofers and framers on wood frame construction sites who flout the province’s safety regulations. A six month inspection blitz that runs until November has so far imposed approximately $50,000 a month in fines on small residential construction companies and their workers, in some cases shutting down job sites until they come into compliance.
WorkSafeBC regional director Al Johnson says workers who fail to comply have no excuses. “A number of them are up on the rooftop without any fall protection. They know they should be tied off and yet their fall protection is either in their truck or sitting in the ground by their lunchbox.”
Steve Payne – Canadian Contractor.ca – August 7, 2012
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