High-risk workplaces should require safety supervisors dedicated to on-site safety compliance.
That recommendation was made by the jury at a coroner’s inquest into the death of Steven Lutes.
He died in January 2017 after falling from a hotel under construction in downtown Fredericton.
The five-member jury heard from eight witnesses during the inquest, which took place earlier this week in Saint John.
The chief coroner will forward their recommendation to the appropriate agencies for consideration and response.
An inquest is a formal court proceeding that allows for the public presentation of all evidence relating to a death.
While it does not make any finding of legal responsibility or assign blame, recommendations can be made aimed at preventing deaths under similar circumstances in the future.
Inquests are mandatory when a worker dies from an accident occurring in the course of their employment at or in a woodland operation, sawmill, lumber processing plant, food processing plant, fish processing plant, construction project site, mining plant or mine, including a pit or quarry.
