A company that provided traffic control services has lost an
appeal of two compliance orders issued against it under
occupational health and safety legislation.
The compliance orders required the company to ensure that all
traffic control signage was available and installed, and that a
traffic control plan and checklist was completed prior to a traffic
control setup.
The company appealed the compliance orders to the Nova Scotia
Labour Board, arguing that the safety officer should have issued
the orders to an employee, not to the company, as signage was
readily available to the employee and he had failed to draw upon
his knowledge, training and experience.
The Labour Board dismissed the appeal, deciding that there was
inadequate supervision of employees and the workplace; there was
inadequate signage for several hours; the company's area
supervisor had arrived at the site hours after the work had
started, even though the employee in question had a history
