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Tractor with no roll bar nets Okanagan orchard WorkSafeBC fine
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An Okanagan orchard has been fined $2,500 for not having a roll bar on a tractor and the driver wasn't wearing their seatbelt.
According to a recently published Aug. 5 WorkSafeBC penalty notice, when inspectors turned up at Beulah Orchards in Summerland, they found the driver not wearing their seatbelt while driving a tractor without a rollover protective system in place.
In 2024, Jealous Fruits received a $7,000 fine after a worker died when a tractor rolled over on a Lavington cherry orchard.
In 2022, WorkSafeBC handed out a $27,000 fine to a Thompson ranch for using a tractor without a seatbelt, and in 2023 a Kelowna orchard was issued a $40,000 fine for failing to have a seatbelt on a tractor.
In Beulah Orchards' case, WorkSafeBC says the tractor lacking the rollover protective system was a repeated and high-risk violation.
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