Excavator's boom control 'inadvertently activated'
Shuswap construction company fined $11K for fatal incident at worksite Published 11:49 am Friday, July 17, 2026 A Shuswap construction company was fined $11,613 for a fatal workplace incident. The fine was issued June 9 to Mounce Construction Ltd. following a WorkSafeBC investigation of an incident at the firm’s worksite.
According to WorkSafeBC, an excavator was loading concrete sewer rings into the box of a truck when the excavator’s boom control was “inadvertently activated.” “The boom and bucket swung and struck a worker, who sustained fatal injuries,” says WorkSafeBC, which determined the excavator’s hydraulic lockout lever had not been engaged. “In addition, no safe work procedures had been created for this work task.
The firm failed to ensure that, if the unexpected energization of machinery could cause injury, the energy
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source was isolated and effectively controlled.” WorkSafeBC says the firm also didn’t have a worker health and safety representative, nor a health and safety program to ensure “regular inspections were conducted to prevent the development of unsafe conditions.” “In addition, the firm failed to provide its workers with the information, instruction, training, and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety. These were all high-risk violations.” Requests for a review of health and safety enforcement decisions must be submitted within 45 days after the decision, with appeals conducted by an external, independent Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal.
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