A company pleaded guilty and was fined $55,000 for workplace injury

A company has been fined after a worker was seriously injured in Saskatchewan when a disc was ejected from a pressurized setting tool on August 16, 2022.

According to the Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, the incident occurred near Waseca, which is about a 30-minute drive southeast of Lloydminster.

Summit Wireline Inc. pleaded guilty on September 23 in Lloydminster Provincial Court to one violation of The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020, according to the province. The court fined the company $39,285.71, along with a surcharge of $15,714.29.

The fine stemmed from the company failing to ensure “all work at a place of employment is sufficiently and competently supervised, resulting in a serious injury to a worker.”

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The news release said two other charges were withdrawn.