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Canada | Pipeline construction company fined $350,000 following worker injury

Barbour EHS

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Excel Projects Ltd (Alberta) was fined $350,000 after sending an injured worker to hospital when equipment activated unexpectedly on 5 March 2022. Under a creative sentence, $225,000 funds a heavy equipment operator scholarship at Olds College, $120,000 at Portage College, plus a $5,000 fine (incl. surcharge). Appeals due in 30 days.

– Accurate at time of publication | February 2025

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