Charged is:
operating as (o/a)
Date charges laid:
Location of alleged offence:
Date of alleged offence:
Type:
Description:
Contravention:
Triple M Housing Ltd.; Triple M Housing Ltd.
Triple M Housing; Triple M Housing; Triple M Modular Limited
Partnership; Triple M Holdings (II) Limited Partnership; Triple
M Housing (GP) II Ltd.; Triple M Holdings (GP) Parent Ltd.;
Triple M Modular Limited Partnership o/a Triple M Housing;
Triple M Modular Limited Partnership, a Limited Partnership,
by its General Partner Triple M Housing (GP) II Ltd.; Triple M
Holdings (II) Limited Partnership o/a Triple M Housing; Triple
M Holdings (II) Limited Partnership, a Limited Partnership, by
its General Partner Triple M Holdings (GP) Parent Ltd.
May 13, 2019
Lethbridge
May 15, 2017
Serious Incident
A worker was struck by a falling steel roof truss stand from the
mezzanine area above. The worker was admitted to hospital
because of the injuries sustained in the incident.
Triple M Housing Ltd.; Triple M Housing Ltd. operating as (o/a)
Triple M Housing; Triple M Housing; Triple M Modular Limited
Partnership; Triple M Holdings (II) Limited Partnership; Triple
M Housing (GP) II Ltd.; Triple M Holdings (GP) Parent Ltd.;
Triple M Modular Limited Partnership o/a Triple M Housing;
Triple M Modular Limited Partnership, a Limited Partnership,
by its General Partner Triple M Housing (GP) II Ltd.; Triple M
Holdings (II) Limited Partnership o/a Triple M Housing; Triple
M Holdings (II) Limited Partnership, a Limited Partnership, by
its General Partner Triple M Holdings (GP) Parent Ltd., being
employers, were charged with 13 counts:
-Section 2(1)(a)(i) of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)
Act, failure to ensure the health and safety of a worker
engaged in the work of that employer, by failing to enforce the
use of spotters when operating the crane system.
-Section 2(1)(a)(i) of the OHS Act, failure to ensure the health
and safety of a worker engaged in the work of that employer,
by failing to provide instruction on where stands should have
been placed.
-Section 2(1)(a)(i) of the OHS Act, failure to ensure the health
and safety of a worker engaged in the work of that employer,
by failing to ensure that stands or other objects were not
placed by the guard railing located at the mezzanine level.
-Section 2(1)(a)(i) of the OHS Act, failure to ensure the health
and safety of a worker engaged in the work of that employer,
by failing to ensure that the worker did not work in the
potential fall path of objects from the mezzanine level above
the work area.
-Section 7(4) of the OHS Code, failure to assess their work site
and identify existing or potential hazards when a new work
process was introduced or a work process or operation
changed at the work site.
-Section 65(3)(a) of the OHS Code, failure to ensure that date
and time were entered into the logbook when any work was
performed on the lifting device.
-Section 65(3)(d) of the OHS Code, failure to ensure that
inspections, including examinations, checks and tests, that
were performed, including those specified in the
manufacturer’s specifications, were entered into the logbook.
-Section 65(3)(e) of the OHS Code, failure to ensure that
repairs or modifications performed were entered into the
logbook.
-Section 65(3)(f) of the OHS Code, failure to ensure that a
record of a certification under Section 73 of the OHS Code was
entered into the logbook.
-Section 65(3)(g) of the OHS Code, failure to ensure any matter
or incident that may affect the safe operation of the lifting
device was entered into the logbook.
-Section 94 of the OHS Code, failure to ensure that the bridge,
jib, monorail, gantry or overhead travelling crane met the
safety requirements of CSA Standard CAN/CSA-B167-96
(R2007), safety standard for maintenance and inspection of
overhead cranes, gantry cranes, monorails, hoists and trolleys.
-Section 189 of the OHS Code, failure to ensure, where a
worker may be injured if equipment or material was dislodged,
moved or spilled, that the material or equipment was
contained, restrained or protected to eliminate the potential
danger.
-Section 318(1) of the OHS Code, failure to ensure that workers
in a work area where there may be falling objects were
protected from the falling objects by an overhead safeguard.