A B.C. company faces rare criminal charges 11 years after one of its employees — a man from Warman, Sask. — was crushed to death on the job.
Brock Martland, a lawyer representing Green, said his client “denies these charges in the strongest way possible.”
Richer told WorkSafeBC he had repeatedly expressed concerns to Green about the safety of the worksite, something Richer also repeated in comments to media at the time. Richer declined to be interviewed for this article, citing the ongoing court case.Article content Blanchard grew up with Caron in Warman, the small city north of Saskatoon. Blanchard said he and Caron would spend afternoons listening to music and playing guitar in his bedroom — Metallica, Marilyn Manson and later softer rock music. Blanchard said Caron, who grew up in foster care, was almost part of the family.
Linda Gardipy, Caron’s aunt, said Kahm died about 18 months ago. Gardipy said she welcomes the charges.This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below.Only a handful of firms and supervisors have been charged with criminal negligence causing death in Canada, and even fewer have been convicted.
As of 2022, there had been only nine successful prosecutions under Westray, most of which resulted in fines. Only one person has served jail time as a result.“The criminal law does OK with those kinds of scenarios,” Bittle said.
Bittle said that’s why Westray charges are often only brought against smaller companies, like J. Cote and Son, which had about 20 employees as of 2014.
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