By Tanner Smith

Occupational Health and Safety Act

Local lumber and building business pleads guilty to OHS Act charge

Apr 23, 2024 | 6:00 AM

On Monday, April 15, a local lumber and building supplies company pleaded guilty to one charge under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Boucher Bros. Lumber Ltd pleaded guilty to failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker under the OHS Act.

The Crown withdrew eleven other charges under the OHS legislation.

These charges stem from an incident that took place in September of 2022, at a Nampa lumber and building supplies business. A worker’s hand made contact with the blades of a wood planer, resulting in injury.

Now, Boucher Bros will pay $102,000 to the Alberta Forests Products Association to administer a safety education campaign.

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Under the OHS Act, it provides “creative sentence options” as money that would otherwise be used for fines, can go towards an organization to promote workplace safety.