Charges laid in death of boy at Cheticamp worksite
Company, 2 workers accused of health-and-safety violations
CBC News
Posted: Feb 10, 2012 9:12 AM AT
Last Updated: Feb 10, 2012 9:09 AM AT
Charges have been laid in the death of a 12-year-old Cheticamp boy who was struck by a boom truck 18 months ago.
Dylan LeBlanc was hit while riding his bike near a construction site on Aug. 13, 2010. He died later that day in hospital.
His mother, Sheila LeBlanc-McEvoy, said charges have been laid against a company and two workers.
"You know, we're not monsters. It's not that we want to see people being charged," she told CBC News on Friday.
"But if indeed people are found guilty of being neglectful on that day then something has to be done because that kind of neglect can't happen."
The company that owns Maison Fiset House and two workers are accused of violating Nova Scotia's Occupational Health and Safety Act.
The company, known as 5823 NWT Ltd., is charged with failing to take every reasonable precaution to protect people at the worksite and failing to protect pedestrians, the Chronicle Herald reported.
The Herald said project manager Darren MacPhee and construction worker Andre Aucoin face similar charges.
LeBlanc-McEvoy will be watching the case.
"Losing Dylan woke us up and woke a lot of people up to how sometimes companies don't follow the rules and regulations of safety on construction sites," she said.
At the time of the collision, RCMP said Dylan and the boom truck didn’t see each other because a dump truck was parked near the sidewalk and blocked their view.
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