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Radar’s Rentals owned a mechanical calf-roping ride and supplied it to XI Technologies Inc. for a company event during the Calgary Stampede.

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Lindsay Mullen
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Radar's Rentals owned a mechanical calf-roping ride and supplied it to XI Technologies Inc. for a company event during the Calgary Stampede. An employee of XI Technologies Inc. was fatally injured while operating the ride and the owners of the equipment and supplies was charged for violating section 2(4) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

Section 2(4) of the OH&S Act is a general provision which requires suppliers to comply with the provisions of the OH&S Act, Regulations and Code. The offence alleged was that Radar's Rentals failed, pursuant to section 12(1)(b) of the Regulations to ensure that equipment they supplied would safely perform the function for which it was intended or designed.

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