Husky Oil fined $100K for worker hit by truck at Lloydminster sand site
Saskatchewan's Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety says the Calgary-based company failed to have in place a traffic control plan to protect the worker from traffic hazards at the site.
Company didn't have traffic hazard plan in place when worker struck, says gov't
Husky Oil Operations Ltd. pleaded guilty and has been fined $100,000 in relation to an incident in which a worker was hit by a truck at the company's Lloydminster, Sask., sand disposal facility.
According to the provincial Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety, the Calgary-based company broke a section of the province's occupational health and safety regulations.
Specifically, the company failed to have in place a traffic control plan to protect the worker from traffic hazards at the site.
The incident occurred in August 2015.
1 charge withdrawn
The amount charged to Husky Oil Operations includes a $71,500 fine and a $28,500 surcharge.
One additional charge was withdrawn in court.