SaskPower fined $840,000 for 2020 deaths of 2 workers in Weyburn
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SaskPower was sentenced Friday morning in a Weyburn courtroom after being found guilty of three workplace-safety related violations after two experienced employees were killed on the job in 2020.
SaskPower was sentenced Friday morning in a Weyburn courtroom after being found guilty of three workplace-safety related violations after two experienced employees were killed on the job in 2020.
The company must pay a $840,000 fine.
The incident happened on Oct 8, 2020 when Scott Bill and Cole Crooks were working in the city and fell to their deaths after the bucket they were in tipped over.
Bill and Crooks were 19 year journeypersons and had been in the bucket many times before the incident happened.
The company is required to pay the fine right away.
More details to come…
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