A worker was rolling a 454-kilogram tire out of a transport truck trailer when the tire tipped over and crushed him, a Moncton court heard Tuesday.
Coast Tire accused of failing to provide appropriate equipment to move oversize tires
Shane Magee · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 24, 2026 4:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
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The workplace safety trial for Coast Tire began Tuesday in Moncton. (Shane Magee/CBC)
A worker was rolling a 454-kilogram tire out of a transport-truck trailer when the tire tipped over and crushed him, a Moncton court heard Tuesday.
Coast Tire & Auto Service Ltd. is on trial on a charge under New Brunswick’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. It’s alleged the company failed to provide appropriate equipment to move oversize tires.
Coast Tire employee Timothy Steeves, 41, died Oct. 18, 2024.
Armour Transportation truck driver Michel Bourque testified he delivered a shipment of tires to Coast Tire the day Steeves died.
Bourque said he backed the transport truck up to a loading bay at Coast Tire’s Baig Boulevard location in Moncton.
He said Steeves had unloaded a smaller tire on a pallet using a forklift.
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