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Pub makes changes after fatal accident WorkSafe recommends equipment upgrade and footwear changes for staff
By Theresa McManus
tmcmanus@newwestrecord.ca
River’s Reach Pub has heeded WorkSafeBC’s advice following a workplace tragedy that resulted in the death in one of its chefs. Surrey resident Sanjeev Kainth, a father of two young children, died in hospital following an accident in the pub’s kitchen on March 22. “At approximately 3:33 p.m., March 22, 2017, a worker fell onto a running meat slicer.The worker’s arm was nearly severed,” stated WorkSafeBC in an email to the Record after the accident. “Initial aid was administered on site and the worker was extracted to hospital but succumbed to his injuries.” On March 23, a WorkSafeBC occupational safety officer visited the local business and made a couple of observations. “I observed a Hobart mixer that was not fitted with a safeguard to ensure that a worker cannot access the mixing arm while the mixer is in operation,” stated the inspection report. “This exposes workers to the risk of serious or fatal injury, including bone fracture and/or amputation.This is in contravention of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Section 12.2(b).” According to WorkSafeBC, the employer agreed to remove the mixer from service and has replaced it with Continued on page 8
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: Harm Woldring, owner of The Wine Factory on Front Street, says road closures during construction of the Front Street mews have had a negative impact on his business and others around him. He says he lost $70,000 last year alone. PHOTO JENNIFER GAUTHIER
Fed up with Front Street By Theresa McManus
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Completion of the Front Street mews can’t come fast enough for Harm Woldring. Woldring, owner of The Wine Factory, said road closures to construct the mews have “been a nightmare” as customers have had no vehicle access to his business. “The revenue alone in the last year, $70,000,” he said of the financial losses resulting from the project. “And that’s just the last year. Go backwards for four more years and it’s $30,000 to $40,000 to $50,000 a year every year for five years.The city is: ‘It’s
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