Released on June 5, 2012
In-Line Contracting Ltd., of Edmonton, Alberta, has pleaded guilty to one count under Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) legislation, related to a failure to ensure that an effective safeguard was in place to prevent contact with the dangerous part of a machine. The company was fined $16,800 in North Battleford Provincial Court.
The conviction related to an incident which occurred on August 24, 2009, on Highway 16 near Maymont, Saskatchewan. A worker was fatally injured when he was dislodged from a piece of machinery that rolled onto him while installing culverts.
Four other charges against In-Line Contracting Ltd. were stayed.
OHS conducts approximately 4,500 worksite inspections annually to ensure standards are known, understood and enforced, and investigates where workers are killed or seriously injured in a work related incident.
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For more information, contact:
Shannon McMillan
Labour Relations and Workplace Safety
Regina
Phone: 787-1331