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1 Forum North 2015 November 3, 2015 Supervisor Case Study: When Health & Safety is a Crime Weiler, Maloney, Nelson Brad Smith
2 Bill C-45 Criminal Code amended easier to convict a corporation of criminal negligence Duty of person directing work section 217.1
3 The scene of the fatal platform collapse at 2757 Kipling Ave. in Toronto on Dec. 25, (Charla Jones/The Globe and Mail/Charla Jones/The Globe and Mail)
4 Facts Metron contracted to re-store concrete balconies Swartz was owner and director of Metron Kazenelson was project manager Swing N Scaff was supplier of scaffolding Patrick Deschamps was owner and director of Swing N Scaff
5 Facts At the end of the day December 24, workers were descending from the 13 th floor and the swing stage platform collapsed Four of the five workers who fell died The5 th worker suffered serious injuries The6 th worker was properly attached to a safety line was uninjured
6 Facts the aftermath 61 charges under Occupational Health and Safety Act 30 charges against Metron Construction Corporation 16 charges against Joel Swartz as director of Metron 8 charges against a Metron supervisor 4 charges against the platform supplier Swing N Scaff 3 charges against Patrick Deschamps a director of Swing N Scaff
7 Facts the aftermath Criminal Code charges: criminal negligence causing death and criminal negligence causing bodily harm Swartz (withdrawn and plea under OHSA) another company official (withdrawn) Metron (plea under Criminal Code) Kazenelson (conviction under Criminal Code)
8 Convictions Swartz plead guilty as a director and was convicted of 4 offences under the Occupational Health and Safety Act for failing to ensure worker was trained, training records were maintained, using stage while defective and stage not loaded in excess of design and fined a total of $90,000 plus victim surcharge of 25% ($22,500) Metron plead guilty was convicted of criminal negligence and fined $750, plus victim surcharge of 15% ($112,500) Swing NScaff Inc. plead guilty failing to ensure the platform was in good condition and fined $350,000 plus victim surcharge of 25% ($87,500) Deschamps plead guilty as a director to failing to ensure the platform was in good condition and that it was designed by a professional engineer and fined $50,000 plus victim surcharge of 25% ($12,500)
9 Factors The swing stage was not properly constructed No capacity labelling Deschamp modified d design of swing stage Only two lifelines were available on the swing stage 3 of 4 workers, including the site supervisor, tested positive for marijuana at a level consistent with having been recently ingested not evidence at criminal trial Metron had $50, bonus dependent on completion by end of the year project start was delayed several immigrant workers with limited knowledge of English Kazenelson did not have experience in this type of work
10 Four counts of criminal i negligence causing death One count of criminal negligence causing bodily harm Proceeded to Trial no plea
11 What is the difference between the Ooccupational Health and Safety Act and the Criminal Code? mens rea offences: Prove the defendant committed the act or omission and had the required intent. strict liability offences: Prove the defendant committed the act. shifts to defendant that it exercised due diligence Burden than
12 Kazenelson was the project manager Hierarchy: workers reported to site supervisor (Fazilov) site supervisor reported to project manager (Kazenelson) project manager reported to owner (Swartz)
13 Was Kazenelson a supervisor? It was not disputed that Kazenelson was someone with the authority to direct how another person does work Notice of project identified Kazenelson as Supervisor Kazenelson signed MOL Field Reports The Court determined Kazenelson s duty under s was engaged when he joined the workers on December 24 th.
14 s Duty of persons directing work Every one who undertakes, or has the authority, to direct how another person does work or performs a task is under a legal duty to take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm to that person, or any other person, arising from that work or task
15 Crown Theory of liability Pre December 24 th a general pattern of poor practices in relation to health and safety substandard management in lack of record keeping and lack of clear practices, policies, supervision and enforcement failed to ensure that Fazilov and others were adequately trained and supervised took no steps to ensure the equipment used was properly inspected conduct prior to December 24 relevant context whether conduct on December 24 was criminal negligence gg
16 Crown Theory of liability December 24 th before leaving the job site Kazenelson take steps to confirm thatt the stage could hold the weight of the workers, it was in a safe condition and there were a sufficient number of lifelines when noticed only 2 lifelines, take immediate action
17 Theory of the Defence The design of the swing stage was so defective thatt from the time it left the factory it was a ticking time bomb. It could not reasonably have been foreseen that after less than two months of use it was ready to collapse under its own weight. The five workers who fell were trained and experienced and they made the decision to get onto the stage notwithstanding the absence of lifelines, without any direction or pressure from Kazenelson
18 Differences in analysis between OHSA and CCC general performance as a project manager... most of the evidence that the Crown relies on in that respect is irrelevant to a determination of the central issues in this case. 52
19 Training 4 of 5 who fell had received fall arrest training and the fifth, who had received at least some instruction from the site supervisor, which did not meet the industry standard, d was aware of the need to tie off Any inadequacy in the training or supervision provided by Mr. Kazenelson had nothing to do with why six workers got onto the swing stage without sufficient lifelines at the end of the day on December 24. The evidence is clear that everyone who worked at the site was well aware of the importance of being tied off to a lifeline while working on a swing stage. In all of the circumstances, it would be unreasonable to attribute the decision that the workers made on December 24 to get onto the stage notwithstanding the absence of lifelines to a deficiency in their training. 53 and 58
20 Inspections Construction Health and Safety Inspector visited site 9 times in 9 weeks and issued a Stop Work Order It is a reasonable inference that apart from the small number of specific issues discussed earlier in these reasons, none of which was particularly significant, he never noticedanysafety concerns. 56
21 Training records these things had nothing to do with why the workers boarded the stage or why the stage collapsed 59
22 Supervision The Crown s submission that Mr. Kazenelson failed to properly supervise Mr. Fazilov appears to rest on the assumption that the absence of evidence that he did supervise him is evidence that he did not. Such an assumption, of course, would reverse the burden of proof. I am satisfied that Mr. Kazenelson failed to adequately supervise Fazilov on the afternoon of December 24, the Crown has failed to demonstrate that any prior inadequacies in the supervision of Fazilov had anything to do with why the workers boarded the stage without lifelines 60
23 Condition of swing stage Structural engineer testified that none of these safety deficiencies had anything to do with the chain of events that caused the stage to collapse or the workers to fall. I am now of the view that they are irrelevant to any issue that has to be decided in this case 61
24 Initial inspection of swing stage Assuming that a proper inspection of the swing stage would have revealed the problems that caused the collapse, the Crown has failed to connect the failure to conduct such an inspection to Mr. Kazenelson. 62
25 Subsequent inspection of swing stage by December 24 a proper inspection would have revealed the other defects that contributed to the collapse. Mr. Kazenelson believed that Fazilov was experienced in balcony restoration work. The Crown has failed to show that Mr. Kazenelson had reason to think that Fazilov was not doing what was expected of him in relation to inspecting the equipment. To put it another way, while the Crown has proved that the stage in drop 5/6 was in a dangerous condition on December 24 and that it should not have been in use, the Crown has not shown that the fact that it was being used was the consequence of a breach of Mr. Kazenelson s duty to protect the workers 64
26 What happened on December 24 th? Kazenelson knew the stage had only 2 lifelines Kazenelson asked Fazilov about the 2 lifelines and was told not to worry Kazenelson was present when all workers, including Fazilov and Kazenelson, boarded the stage right before it collapsed
27 The Law the Crown must prove beyond a reasonable doubt: Kazenelson was criminally negligent his criminal negligence caused death or bodily harm
28 Criminal Negligence everyone is criminally negligent who (a) in doing anything or (b) in omitting to do anything that it is his duty to do shows (a) in doing anything, or (b) in omitting to do anything that it is his duty to do, shows wanton or reckless disregard for the lives or safety of other persons.
29 What is meaning of Duty? Under the Criminal Code, it is a duty imposed by law Section of the Criminal Code requires everyone who has the authority to direct how another person does work or performs a task to take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm to that person or any other person arising from that work or task.
30 What are reasonable steps? The OHSA and Regulations are instructive ( 116). the training course provided by the Construction Safety Association of Ontario offers assistance ( 121). Kazenelson s failure to ensure the workers did not breach the Construction Regulations was a breach of his duties as a supervisor under the OHSA. ( 119) Establishing a breach of OHSA or the Construction Regulation does not ipso g g p facto establish a breach of the duty imposed by s of the Criminal Code ( 120)
31 What are reasonable steps? Fall arrest system is a fundamental rule. Kazenelson knew only 2 life lines. Kazenelson s question about the lifelines to Fazilov and his admonition not to worry about it was not a step toward protecting the workers from harm In doing nothing about the absence of lifelines and by permitting the workers to board the stage without them, Mr. Kazenelson failed to take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm to the workers. This was a breach of the duty in s of the Criminal Code ( )
32 What is wanton and reckless disregard for their lives or safety? The test is whether Kazenelson s conduct was a marked and substantial departure from what a reasonable person would do in the same circumstances.
33 What is wanton and reckless disregard for their lives or safety? Kazenelson took fall arrest training as a worker and as a trainer Kazenelson failed to rectify the fundamental breach of only two lifelines He permitted the workers to board with all of their tools He had no information regarding the capacity of the stage ( 127)
34 What is the mens rea? The Crown must prove either: Kazenelson adverted to an obvious and serious risk to the lives or safety of the workers and failed to act, or that he gave no thought to an obvious and serious risk and the need to take care.
35 What is the mens rea? The question that Mr. Kazenelson asked Mr. Fazilov about the missing lifelines clearly shows that he adverted to the serious risk to the lives and safety of the workers inherent in working on a swing stage without fall arrest protection. He saw the danger inherent in working without lifelines and he failed to act. The risk of grievous bodily harm flowing from the failure to provide fall arrest protection was objectively foreseeable ( 129)
36 Did the Kazenelson s criminal negligence cause the deaths and bodily harm? The Crown must prove factual causation and legal causation
37 Factual causation: whether but for the conduct of the accused the death or bodily harm would have occurred. the Crown does not have to prove that an accused's conduct was the only cause, nor does it have to prove that it was the direct or predominant cause. The Crown need only prove that it was a significant contributing cause. I am satisfied beyond a reasonable doubt that Mr. Kazenelson s negligence was a substantial contributing cause of the harm suffered by the five workers who fell and thus that factual causation has been proved. ( 141)
38 Legal causation: whether the accused should be held responsible for the death or injury in the eyes of the law. Whether e the factual causes are sufficiently connected ed to the harmful result to warrant the attribution of legal liability. It is based on concepts of moral responsibility
39 Legal causation requires consideration of intervening acts Causes may intervene in a way that would make it unfair to attribute responsibility for a resulting harm to the accused. whether the intervening act was objectively or reasonably foreseeable. If yes, than liable whether the conduct was overtaken by a more immediate causal action independent of defendant s action
40 a victim's scontributory o negligence ge is no answer to a charge geof crime [It] is generally e no defence that the victim laid himself open to the act, or was himself guilty of negligence bringing it about. ( 147)
41 Mr. Kazenelson s criminally negligent conduct, as I have described it, was a significant contributing cause of the deaths and injuries suffered by the workers. The risk of equipment failure and a consequent fall was well within the ambit of the general risk associated with a failure to ensure that lifelines were provided. Any negligence on the part of the workers in accepting that risk was directly related to Mr. Kazenelson s failure to do his duty. Holding him responsible for the deaths and injuries that resulted would not amount to punishing a moral innocent. Legal causation has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt ( 150)
42 Sentence? January 11, 2016 Judge stated there will be incarceration Crown: 4-5 years Defence: 1-2 years
43 Learning Lessons Meet or exceed duties and obligations: Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations Industry standards Clearly define lines of authority Clear practices and policies Properly supervise Inspect equipment Maintain records Train workers Take action when breaches of Act, regulations, industry standards and training Inform workers of hazards Negligence of others workers, suppliers are not intervening actions. Have to anticipate and take action regarding negligence of others Address an obvious and serious risk
44 Learning Lessons Scope of persons directing work in s of Criminal Code Is every one who undertakes, or has the authority to direct how another person does work or performs a task broader or narrower than meaning of supervisor in Occupational Health and Safety Act a person who has charge of a workplace or authority over a worker The duty imposed on a supervisor under s. 27(1) of OHSA is not identical to the duty The duty imposed on a supervisor under s. 27(1) of OHSA is not identical to the duty imposed on a person in authority under s of the Code. ( 120)
45 Learning Lessons Significant difference between OHSA and Criminal Code Crown must prove intent v. supervisor demonstrating due diligence Kazenelson had prima facie breached Occupational Health and Safety Act in several aspects Only two life lines; one worker not trained; use of life lines; use of defective swing stage; excess weight; no advise of hazards etc. Would not have been able to establish due diligence Much higher causal connection between acts and omissions and harm
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48 Forum North 2015 November 3, 2015 Supervisor Case Study: When Health & Safety is a Crime Brad Smith (807) basmith@wmnlaw.com
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