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Nutrien fined $200K for worker’s injury in 2021

Jan 3, 2024 | 5:25 PM

A workplace injury that occurred in September of 2021 has resulted in a $200,000 fine for a Saskatchewan company.

On Dec. 19, Nutrien Ltd. pleaded guilty in Moosomin Provincial Court to a violation of the province’s occupational health and safety regulations. A second charge was withdrawn.

The Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety says the charges against Nutrien stemmed from an incident that occurred near Rocanville on Sept. 20, 2021, when a worker was badly hurt after stepping into an unguarded floor opening.

The ministry said the company was charged with failing to ensure “that any opening or hole in a floor or other work surface into which a worker could step or fall is covered with a securely installed covering” and failing to put up a warning sign about the opening.