Service NL announced today that Magna Contracting and Management Inc. and Lancor Concrete have been charged with violations of the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act and Regulations. A supervisor with Lancor has also been charged under the Act and Regulations. The charges arise from an incident that occurred on May 28, 2018 at a hotel construction site on New Gower Street in St. John’s. An employee of Lancor suffered fatal injuries as the result of a fall. The investigation was conducted by the Occupational Health and Safety branch of Service NL.

The employer, Lancor Concrete Contractors Ltd., has been charged with eight counts that allege generally that it failed:

1. To ensure the health, safety and welfare of its workers;
2. To provide and maintain the necessary equipment and systems that are safe for its workers;
3. To provide the necessary instruction, training and supervision to its workers;
4. To ensure its workers and supervisors were familiar with the hazards,
5. To ensure that guardrails were installed;
6. To ensure that control zones were implemented where appropriate;
7. To ensure that fall protection systems were used by all workers exposed to the hazard of falling; and
8. To ensure that workers were properly instructed on the hazards and precautions to be taken while around formwork.

The principal contractor, Magna Contracting and Management Inc., has been charged with three counts that allege generally that it failed:

1. To ensure that those not in its employ were not exposed to health or safety hazards;
2. To ensure that workers and employers complied with the OHS Act and Regulations; and
3. To ensure that work schedules and tasks were organized to provide safe working conditions for workers.

The supervisor, who was with Lancor Concrete Contractors Ltd., has been charged with three counts that allege that he failed:

1. To ensure the health, safety and welfare of all workers under his supervision;
2. To advise workers under his supervision of the health and safety hazards that may be met by them in the workplace; and
3. As a worker, to protect the health and safety of workers at or near the workplace.

The first appearance is scheduled for August 20, 2020 at Provincial Court in St. John’s.

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Media contact
Krista Dalton
Service NL
709-685-6492
kristadalton@gov.nl.ca