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A Saskatchewan company has been fined $126,000 in connection with a workplace accident that killed a worker in October of 2018.
On Oct. 19 of that year in the RM of Corman Park, an employee was killed when a piece of machinery that was being serviced came in contact with a power line.
Inland Steel Products Inc. pleaded guilty in Saskatoon Provincial Court on Nov. 4 of this year to one charge under The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 1996.
“The company pleaded guilty to contravening clause 19(1)(b) of the regulations (being an employer, fail to ensure that a worker is trained in all matters that are necessary to protect the health and safety of the worker when the worker is moved from one work activity or worksite to another that differs with respect to hazards, facilities or procedures, resulting in the death of a worker),” the Saskatchewan government said in a media release.
The company was fined $90,000 with a $36,000 surcharge.