Number Two Rule: Keep your fellow Worker's Safe
A $250,000 fine was levied against a Canadian Ski Resort for the death of a ski area worker. Karl Stunt was 25 years old when he was hit by a metal bar while working on a chairlift at Sunshine Village in Banff National Park. Mr. Stunt spent several days in a coma before dying.
The fine was levied under the Canadian Occupational Health and Safety Act against the resort for failing to ensure the health and safety of its workers. The fine will go towards an endowment at the Selkirk College in British Columbia which has a ski resort operations and management program.
The judge who found the resort liable stated the death occurred due to a "momentary inattention or carelessness of three employees of Sunshine Village at the same time."
For more information see Banff ski hill fined $250,000 for death of worker and Sunshine Village Corp. has been ordered to pay more than $250,000 in fines and penalties in connection to the 2004 death of a ski hill worker.
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