Our blog post of May 29th reported that an Ontario roofer has been sent to jail for one day for an OHSA violation. CBC news has reported that a Nova Scotia judge has sent a roofer in that province to jail for four months after being found guilty for the tenth time of Occupational Health and Safety Act violations – nine of them for failing to ensure that workers used proper fall protection.
According to the CBC, this latest violation occurred only three months after the roofer was sentenced to serve 15 days in jail for previous violations of the OHSA.
This is one of the longest jail terms in Canadian history for violating workplace safety legislation.
CBC reports that the roofer is also required to report all jobs to the Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Education for two years.
The CBC article may be found here.
