A Calgary-based company has received a very substantial fine in Estevan Provincial Court after pleading guilty to charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. 

Trinidad Drilling was fined $200,000, and will also have to pay an $80,000 surcharge for an incident which occurred near Torquay back in June of 2017.

In the incident, a worker was injured when a pressurized hose came into contact with a rotating pipe.

The company pleaded guilty to a charge under subsection 19(4) of the Regulations. The regulation cites the company for “being an employer, fail to ensure that no worker is permitted to perform work unless the worker has sufficient experience, to perform the work safely and in compliance with the Act and the Regulations or is under close and competent supervision, resulting in the serious injury of a worker.”

An additional charge under the regulations was stayed.

The province also reported a fine for Thunder Creek Pork out of Regina after an employee was injured in a fall in July of 2018. They were fined $42,857.15 plus a $17,142.85 surcharge.

In the incident at a worksite in Moose Jaw, a worker was injured after falling from a trailer and landing on a cement floor.