Grocery store manager charged for 14

Worker suffered carbon monoxide poisoning, says report

A former grocery store manager in Canora, Saskatchewan, has been charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm to—and later the death of—a 14-year-old worker.

The incident occurred on Oct. 23, 2023, when Wil Krotenko, then 14, was directed to clean an enclosed area of the meat department using a gas pressure washer designed for outdoor use. Krotenko was later hospitalised in Canora and then transported to Alberta for treatment in a hyperbaric chamber due to the high levels of carbon monoxide in his blood, according to CBC.

The day before the incident, another teenage employee reportedly went home sick after using the same gas pressure washer.

A postmortem examination has confirmed that carbon monoxide poisoning was the cause