REGINA — A Weyburn, Sask., livestock company has been fined $50,000 after an employee was hurt two years ago.
Holdstock Livestock Ltd. pleaded guilty Feb. 13 to one violation of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations after an incident April 7, 2022.
A worker was seriously injured after a bull charged and knocked the person to the ground.
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The provincial court judge fined the company $35,714.29, plus a surcharge of $14,285.71, for contravening Clause 3-1 (a) of the regulations. That clause sets out the duties of employers and includes “the provision and maintenance of plant, systems of work and working environments that ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of the employer’s workers.”
An additional charge was withdrawn.
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