Roofing company fined $10K for no fall protection at Abbotsford site

Published 11:42 am Tuesday, March 10, 2026

A roofing company has been fined $10,000 by WorkSafeBC for “a repeated and high-risk violation related to fall protection” in Abbotsford, a press release states.

This is the third penalty WorkSafeBC has issued to Morrison Tile Roofing Ltd. since 2024.

The most recent fine was imposed on Jan. 20, and the press release on Tuesday (March 10) states that the company was roofing a new house in Abbotsford when WorkSafeBC inspected the site.

Four workers – one of whom was a representative of the firm – were on the roof and no fall protection was in place, “exposing the workers to a fall risk of about 7.6 metres (25 feet),” the agency said.

The first WorkSafeBC fine issued to Morrison Tile Roofing was for $2,500 in April 2024, when two workers who were demolishing a chimney in Burnaby were at the edge of a sloped roof without any fall protection.

Their fall risk was 4.9 metres (16 feet), according to the agency.

The second fine was for $5,000 in August 2024, when four workers in Vancouver were again on the edge of a sloped roof at a height of 5.2 metres (17 feet).

“The workers were wearing fall protection harnesses but were not connected to lifelines,” WorkSafeBC stated.

The agency said it also saw workers descend from the roof via an extension ladder that was not secured.

The company also “failed to provide its workers with the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety,” WorkSafeBc said.

WorkSafeBC said that from 2014 to 2024, it accepted more than 44,000 injury claims related to falls from heights.

The Occupational Health and Safety Regulation requires workers to use fall-protection systems when they are at a height of three metres (10 feet) or more.

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