VOCM News has more details regarding a workplace incident at the Clarenville Co-op that left a worker with serious injuries.

It happened two years ago this month at the grocery store in Clarenville.

The 62-year-old employee was working at the rear of the building when he fell from a loading dock.

The fall was less than five feet but enough to cause a serious head injury, requiring an emergency airlift to hospital in St. John’s.

It’s believed evidence in the case includes surveillance video of the incident.

Yesterday, the province announced four charges against the Co-op—a.k.a. the Clarenville Area Consumers Co-operative Society Ltd.

The charges allege violations of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) regulations, including failure to provide a safe workplace and to make sure equipment was stored safely, and failing to provide proper protection to prevent such a fall.

A lawyer for the Co-op was in Clarenville court for this morning’s first appearance.

Judge Paul Noble had wondering whether he was in a conflict as a general member of the Co-op, but neither the Crown nor defence objected to him hearing the case when it returns to court on April 13.