Salmon Arm company fined after teenager killed on the job

Salmon Arm recycled rubber company Dinoflex has been slapped with a stiff fine after a fatal workplace accident in 2013.

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According to WorkSafeBC, Shane Gorner, 19, was killed on the job when he was leaning between the plates of a rubber-block press and the plates unexpectedly closed.

Prior to the incident, WorkSafeBC had cited the company’s power presses were unsafe for operation and didn’t have the proper safeguards to protect workers from injury.

These repeated and high-risk violations show that the firm failed to ensure the health and safety of workers in its workplace. – WorkSafeBC

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Furthermore, WorkSafeBC concluded instead of the company fixing the unsafe machines, “the firm had instructed workers to use a work procedure that required them to enter the pinch point of the press.”

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WorksafeBC has penalized the company $36,543.83.