YELLOWKNIFE — The Northwest Territories Power Corporation has been fined $200,000 for contravening the territory’s Safety Act after a worker died from injuries…
It said the power corporation also lacked reporting and followup on overhead snow and ice, lacked safe work practices for overhead doors and did not follow up on past hazards as it recorded a similar case in 2014 when a worker was nearly struck by a falling block of ice.
A joint sentencing submission indicates that since Chinna’s death, the power corporation has conducted daily inspections of potential ice hazards at its facilities and immediately removes any buildup of ice. It has also engaged safety consultants to review its ice hazard identification policies and procedures and has implemented a safe work practice for overhead doors.
“It has been difficult to not feel angry and hurt over the past year and a half, particularly when we know it was 100 per cent preventable and foreseeable as snow and ice accumulates and falls from rooftops in the North,” the statement reads.In their statement, the sisters describe Michael Chinna’s “determined, joyful and mischievous and sometimes annoying presence with his huge, handsome and boyish smile and loud laughter that could echo throughout the room.
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