Two framers were recently seen on the second floor of a Coquitlam home construction project without any equipment that prevented them from potentially falling.

As a result of the violation, Rana Framing Ltd. was fined $2,500 by the province’s watchdog for workplace safety.

According to a public report, the Surrey-based business was conducting frame work at a two-storey residence under construction in Coquitlam.

WorkSafeBC said an inspector saw no fall protection in place on site while Rana Framing employees were near the edge of the second storey, one of which was a company representative.

The lack of guards or safety equipment created a fall risk of 11 feet from the ground, WorkSafeBC explained.

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