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Canada | Two Alberta employers fined for workers’ deaths in 2022 explosion

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Canadian Occupational Safety | Two Alberta companies have been fined a combined $550,000 after pleading guilty to safety legislation breaches in a 2022 explosion that killed two welders.

The incident on 12 November 2022 at a tank farm north of Edmonton claimed the lives of Greg Podulsky, 29, and Darcy Schwindt, 47.

Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd and Peace Pipefitting Inc each admitted a single count under Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety Act.

  • Tamarack was ordered to pay $500,000, with most directed towards safety-awareness and prevention programmes through CAREERS: The Next Generation Foundation, Energy Safety Canada and Threads of Life.
  • Peace Pipefitting Inc. received a $50,000 fine, $30,000 of which will go to Threads of Life, and will undergo two years of enhanced regulatory supervision.
  • A third company is due for sentencing on 28 May 2025, and charges against a fourth were stayed in 2024.
– Accurate at time of publication | May 2025

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