Brantford roofing company fined $110K for 2021 fatality
A Brantford roofing company has been fined $110,000 for its role in a 2021 incident that led to a worker’s fatality.
Jackson Roofing & Son Contracting, of Johnson Road in Brantford, pled guilty to a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act in provincial court last month. In addition to the fine, the company will pay a 25-percent victim surcharge.
On July 30, 2021, five workers were on the rooftop of a portable classroom at an elementary school located on Pumpkin Pass Drive in Hamilton.
None of the workers were wearing fall protection, nor were there guardrails or barriers around the roof perimeter of the portable.
Two of the workers began unrolling a roll of membrane along the roof. In doing so, one walked backwards towards the edge of the roof. The other worker called out “edge is coming up”; however, it was too late.
The worker fell backwards off the roof onto the asphalt pavement, sustaining fatal injuries.
Jackson Roofing & Son Contracting was charged with failing to ensure that the measures and procedures prescribed by section 26.1(2) of Regulation 213/91 were carried out at a workplace, contrary to section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.