Inadequate training, supervision led to Kamloops teen’s death: Worksafe BC
KAMLOOPS — A newly-released report into a workplace accident that killed a young Kamloops man shows a series of errors led to the tragic death.
Nineteen-year-old Brendan Stokes died in Dallas on June 29, 2018. The Kamloops Tirecraft employee was underneath a loader, servicing a wheel hub when the loader slipped off a hydraulic jack and onto him. Stokes was killed instantly.
Worksafe BC ultimately fined Kamloops Tirecraft about $8,400 for several “high-risk” violations that contributed to the incident.
On Thursday (Aug. 13), Worksafe BC sent a redacted Incident Investigation Report to CFJC Today as a response to a freedom of information request. The report provides details into the factors that caused the accident.