On Nov. 22, 2017, while 33-year-old Troy Lucyk was working at the company’s gravel pit in Ceylon, Sask., he became entangled in the tail pulley of a conveyor system and was crushed to death. After an investigation by Occupational Health and Safety from the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, BLS Asphalt was charged with three criminal offences. “The Court finds that although BLS provided information on safety on the crusher site, it did not provide information, instruction, training or supervision on the clearing of the chute that led to Mr. Lucyk becoming entangled in the tail pulley,” ruled Justice Michelle R. Brass on March 30 in Weyburn Provincial Court.
Posted: Mar 12, 2021 11:23 AM CT | Last Updated: March 12
Basic Truck and Trailer Repair has been fined in connection with the workplace death of a 61-year-old man at a truck repair shop in north Saskatoon in 2018. (Dan Zakreski/CBC)
A Saskatoon repair company has been fined more than $90,000 in relation to a fatal 2018 workplace incident.
On July 31, 2018, an employee was injured as he was fixing a strap on a truck box s hydraulic cylinder at Basic Truck & Trailer Repair on Apex St.
The strap broke, causing the truck box to fall onto the man.
The 61-year-old died in hospital.
Basic Truck & Trailer Repair was charged with three counts of violating the province s occupational health and safety legislation in connection with the incident.
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The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety says in one case a worker was pinned between a steel pipe and a steel plate on Jan. 24, 2019.
In the second case, less than a week later, a worker was hurt when a machine moved during a fire.
The ministry would not disclose the medical condition of the injured employees or whether they have returned to work.
Evraz Regina says it is the largest steel company in Western Canada and makes steel plate, coil, pipe, and oil- and gas-well tubing for the energy sector.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 18, 2021