WorkSafeBC, an independent provincial agency in British Columbia that works to promote safe and healthy workplace, has fined a Kelowna-based furniture manufacturer for "dissuaded a worker from reporting an injury to WorkSafeBC" -- four years after the fact. 

The incident report, which was sparse on details, said that Hyatt Capital Corp./Hyatt & Sons Manufacturing faces a $5,339.97 fine. A worker for this firm was seriously injured while using a table saw. WorkSafeBC determined the firm told the worker they should not report the injury. The worker did not report the injury until about four years after it occurred. The firm dissuaded a worker from reporting an injury to WorkSafeBC. 

"WorkSafeBC determined the firm told the worker they should not report the injury," the penalty notice says. "The worker did not report the injury until about four years after it occurred. The firm dissuaded a worker from reporting an injury to WorkSafeBC.