A pair of Lower Mainland companies exposed potential injury — or worse — at construction sites in Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam.

B.C.’s workplace watchdog recently fined two construction companies for exposing significant fall risks at a pair of Tri-Cities housing projects.

Both incidents presented a potential fall of 30 feet with no firm protection system in place to keep its employees safe, according to WorkSafeBC.

The combined violation total: $7,500.

This included a $5,000 ticket against Ace Roofing Ltd. while the business was applying steep slope roofing to a three-storey house in Coquitlam.

WorkSafeBC’s report explained the firm had a supervisor and a crew member working on a second-floor balcony, as well as a third employee was on a 6:12 sloped roof.

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The agency added the people involved were not connected to lifelines in each location despite wearing fall protection harnesses, causing a high-risk situation.

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