None of the orders issued are stop-work or stop-use orders
A month-long inspection campaign focused on young workers in Alberta elicited 181 orders, but no stop-work or stop-use orders.
The campaign, which ran from May 11 to June 10, focused on workers age 15 to 24.
Of the 181 orders issued, three-quarters were related to inadequate first aid training, emergency preparedness, dealing with harmful substances and hazardous material or a lack of proper hazard assessments, according to the province.
Officers conducted 118 inspections and 90 follow-up inspections of 107 worksites in Alberta. No violations were observed at 36 initial inspections, or 31 per cent.
Many young employees work hours in the evenings and on weekends so, as part of the project, officers inspected 21 work sites after regular business hours.
The full report on the inspections is available at: employment.alberta.ca/newsroom.
The province’s next inspection campaign will focus on residential construction later in the summer.
