Worker crushed by cement base, seriously injured
Tri-Line Contracting Services has been fined $57,500, inclusive of the 15 per cent victim fine surcharge and placed on 1.5 years of corporate probation.
The company pleaded guilty to section 2(1)(a)(i) of theOccupational Health and Safety Act, failing to ensure the health and safety of their worker.
On April 28, 2015 in Wanham, Alta., two workers, with a construction crew, were standing at the bottom of an excavation replacing a cement manhole base.
One worker was crushed by the base when it inadvertently released from the lift assembly it was attached to as it was being lifted out of the excavation.
The worker received multiple serious injuries as a result of the incident.
Source: Government of Alberta
