SASKATOON — Bourgault Industries Ltd. o/a Highline Manufacturing Ltd. Has been fined $65,000 after worker was serious injured in Vonda on June 22, 2022.
The worker was injured while flushing highly flammable solvent through an electrostatic paint gun.
The company pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court July 22 to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020.
Bourgault Industries Ltd. o/a Highline Manufacturing Ltd. was fined for contravening clause 3-1 (a) of the regulations (being an employer, failing to comply with the duties of an employer at a place of employment including the provision and maintenance of a plant, systems of work and working environments that ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of the employers workers, resulting in the serious injury of a worker).
Two other charges were withdrawn.
The court imposed a fine of $46,428.57 with a $18,571.43 surcharge, for a total amount of $65,000.
