A guilty plea has been entered in connection with a workplace accident in Estevan nearly two years ago.
Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC, operating as Westmoreland Coal Company, pleaded guilty to contravening clause 12(a) of Occupational Health and Safety regulations, for being an employer at a place of employment failed in the provision and maintenance of plant, system of work and working environments that ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety and welfare at work of the employer’s workers, resulting in a serious injury to a worker.
The company was fined $85,714.29 plus a surcharge of $34,285.71 in Estevan Provincial Court on July 10.
Charges stem from an incident that occurred on Aug. 10, 2015, near Estevan. A worker suffered serious injuries after tripping on a footrest inside the cabin of a dragline excavator and falling approximately 20 feet.
