Worker fatally injured while working on the mobile-home project

A New Brunswick man has been charged following a tragic workplace fatality, underscoring the critical responsibilities that employers and supervisors bear under the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).

Keven Fontaine, 32, of MacDonald Avenue, appeared in Fredericton provincial court this week to face three charges stemming from the death of Roger Roy, a worker he had hired to assist with lowering and levelling a mobile home last November, according to a report from the Fredericton Independent.

The incident occurred on Nov. 16, 2024, when Roy was fatally injured while working on the mobile-home project.

The Fredericton Independent reports that Fontaine is specifically accused of not alerting WorkSafe NB

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