Two roofing firms were fined by WorkSafeBC for unsafe fall protection violations on separate Richmond projects in October.
Langley’s Landmark Roofing Limited and Delta’s Every Season Roofing Limited were fined $8,973 and $2,500, respectively, for the lack of fall protection and safe measures on their projects.
Both firms were working on two separate two-story house, steep slope roofing, projects.
According to WorkSafeBC, four workers with Landmark Roofing, one whom was a supervisor, were wearing fall protection harnesses.
However, they were not connected to lifelines, nor were there other forms of fall protection, which exposed the workers to a fall risk of up to 7.3 meter.
Meanwhile, two workers with Every Season Roofing, one of whom was a representative of the firm, were also wearing fall protection harnesses but were not connected to lifelines.
No other fall protection was put in place; therefore, the workers were exposed to a fall risk of more than 6.2 meters while receiving roofing materials that were being delivered by a mobile crane.
“The firm(s) failed to ensure fall protection was used, and failed to provide its works with the information, instruction, training, and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety,” WorkSafeBC stated.
The statement added that these were repeated violations for both firms.
Landmark Roofing was fined on October 19 and Every Season Roofing was fined on Oct. 22.
