CALGARY – Calgary-based Glenmore Fabricators Ltd. has been penalized $200,000 in relation to a workplace fatality in August 2021.
The company pleaded guilty to one count under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Code for failing to develop and comply with procedures certified by a professional engineer, a release said.
The charges stem from an incident at the company’s Calgary facility on Aug. 16, 2021. A worker was moving a steel beam with an overhead crane when the beam released from the rigging and struck the worker, causing fatal injuries.
The company was sentenced Oct. 15 in the Calgary Court of Justice and the Crown withdrew 10 other charges under OHS legislation.
The company was assessed $200,000 in total penalties, including a $1,000 fine inclusive of the 20 per cent victim fine surcharge.
Under a creative sentence, the company was ordered to pay $174,000 to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology to purchase equipment to support the electrical and welding apprenticeship programs.
Glenmore Fabricators Ltd. was also ordered to pay $25,000 to the Manufacturers’ Health and Safety Association to enhance the rigging resource centre website and was also placed on two years of enhanced regulatory supervision.
The creative sentence option is one 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.
Both the company and the Crown have up to 30 days to appeal the conviction or penalties.
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