BROOKS, ALTA. – Alberta-based Smith Group Holdings Ltd. and subsidiary Brooks Asphalt & Aggregate Ltd. have been fined $295,000 in relation to the death of a worker in July 2021.
The company pleaded guilty on March 6 in the Brooks Court of Justice in Brooks, Alta. for failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker.
The other charges against Brooks Asphalt & Aggregate Ltd. and all charges against Smith Group Holdings Ltd. were withdrawn.
The fine is the result of an incident on a road construction site in the County of Newell on July 23, 2021 after a worker was asphyxiated while cleaning out a gravel bin with a running conveyor.
Under a creative sentence, $244,000 will be provided to the Alberta Construction Safety Association to develop a three-dimensional incident recreation video, a series of learning videos, a toolbox talk resource guide and a safety session open to all industries, a Government of Alberta release said.
Approximately $50,000 will be provided to the Brooks Fire Department to purchase new rescue equipment. There was also a $1,000 fine.
The OHS Act provides a creative sentence option in which funds that would otherwise be paid as fines are directed to an organization or project, to improve or promote workplace health and safety, the release said.
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