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Livestock company fined after worker hurt

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Published: February 23, 2024

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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. |  File photo

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An additional charge was withdrawn.

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Karen Briere

Karen Briere

Karen Briere grew up in Canora, Sask. where her family had a grain and cattle operation. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Regina and has spent more than 30 years covering agriculture from the Western Producer’s Regina bureau.

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