Unlike general practice or criminal lawyers, our exclusive focus on OH&S law means that we don’t need to spend valuable time and resources getting up to speed on the law, or trying to track down and understand the various nuances that have come about from cases in the area (many of which are not even reported!). That ultimately results in less cost to you, the client, and translates into a quicker assessment of your case, the steps that need to be taken, and the exposure you may be facing (if any).

Perhaps even more importantly, however, it means that we’ve seen and experienced a lot of things that other counsel haven’t.

Over the past several years in particular, Christopher has prosecuted, defended, represented, and/or provided assistance in a variety of OH&S matters, including:

OH&S Fatality Cases Where:

• a worker was fatally injured on a drilling rig when he was struck by rotating equipment;

• a worker was fatally injured when a cargo tank exploded;

• a worker was fatally injured when he was run over by a tractor trailer unit;

• a worker was fatally injured when he was crushed under part of a rooftop HVAC unit;

• a worker was fatally injured while operating a picker;

• a worker was fatally injured when he became trapped under the vehicle that he was working on;

• a worker was fatally injured when he became caught in a piece of farming equipment;

• a worker was fatally injured when he became trapped under the vehicle that he was working on;

• a worker was fatally injured when he fell from the top of a roof that he was lifting equipment onto;

• a worker was seriously injured when he was crushed between two parts of a lathe he was operating; and

• a worker was fatally injured when he fell from the top of a tank that he was preparing to weld.

OH&S SERIOUS INJURY CASES WHERE:

• a worker was seriously injured when the crane he was operating partially collapsed;

• a worker was seriously injured when he caught his hand in a piece of machinery;

• a worker was seriously injured in the course of a cut-and-thread fishing operation;

• a worker was seriously injured when a hose came loose from its fittings and hit him;

• a worker was seriously injured when the crane he was operating came into contact with an overhead power line;

• a worker was seriously injured when her hair became entangled in an unguarded rotating shaft on a conveyor;

• a worker was seriously injured when he fell through openings in both the second and first floor at a residential construction site;

• a worker was seriously injured when he fell from the roof of a commercial building;

• a worker was seriously injured when a concrete retaining wall collapsed on him;

• two workers were seriously injured when a cargo tank exploded;

• a worker was seriously injured when his hand became caught in the drill he was operating;

• a worker was seriously injured when he was struck by the bucket of an excavator;

• two workers were seriously injured when a hose from a rig they were working on released under pressure;

• a worker was seriously injured when he fell from the top of a roof he was discarding materials from;

• issues of bullying and sexual harassment have arisen;

• issues of general compliance, work-crew training, and asbestos exposure, have arisen for School Divisions throughout AB; and

• issues of general compliance relating to fire, policing, public works, parks, sanitation, health, water, administration, and communications, have arisen for AB municipalities.