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СÀ¶ÊÓƵ mushroom farm fined $152,000 for lack of first-aid attendant on site

WorkSafeСÀ¶ÊÓƵ says Highline Mushrooms West Limited has repeatedly failed to ensure proper first aid on its site in Abbotsford.
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WorkSafeСÀ¶ÊÓƵ has fined an Abbotsford mushroom farm over $152,000 for not having a first-aid attendant on site, a repeated violation.

An Abbotsford mushroom farm found to be operating without a first-aid attendant has been fined $152,309 by WorkSafeСÀ¶ÊÓƵ, the government regulator for occupational health and safety policies.

WorkSafeСÀ¶ÊÓƵ inspected Highline Mushrooms West Limited mushroom growing facility and determined "there was no qualified first-aid attendant available on site. The firm failed to ensure it provided first-aid attendants and services adequate for promptly rendering first aid to workers. This was a repeated violation,” the Sep. 24 order states. 

Mushroom farms are particularly vulnerable due to air quality risks and machinery; they have specific guidelines to reduce the potential for injury or disease, WorkSafeСÀ¶ÊÓƵ states online.

Last June, 170 migrant agricultural workers at four Highline sites in Abbotsford unionized, according to United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 1518.

Glacier Media reached out to the company for an opportunity to comment and will update this article should it respond.

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