Horizon asbestos offences to cost almost $100K
Judge accepts jointly recommended penalty of $80,000 to pay for construction industry safety tool, but court also imposes additional victim-fine surcharges totalling $16,000
The public purse in the province is going to be almost $100,000 lighter in the coming week as a judge imposed financial penalties on Horizon Health Network on Thursday for asbestos-management infractions.
Regional Health Authority B, better known in the province as the Horizon Health Network, was back before the Fredericton provincial court Thursday for a sentencing decision on two WorkSafeNB charges.
Horizon previously admitted to failing to adopt the code of practice entitled A Code of Practice for Working with Materials Containing Asbestos in New Brunswick and failing to acquaint employees with any hazard with regard to the handling of asbestos, both between Nov. 7, 2017 and Oct. 6, 2022.