Tag: ohs

$312K fine facing oil and gas company over 2023 workplace fatality near Spirit River

Saddle Hills County My GP Now - August 20, 2026

Birchcliff Energy Ltd has been fined $312,500 after pleading guilty to an occupational health and safety offence stemming from a workplace fatality near Spirit River in 2023.

Weyerhaeuser charged under Occupational Health and Safety Act over 2023 workplace fatality

Business Thomas Robertson - May 26, 2026

Weyerhaeuser has pleaded guilty under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act to one count for failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker, for an incident that took place in November of 2023.

Consulting firm fined $90K after worker sustains severe burns at Valleyview worksite

News Ethan Montague - October 10, 2024

An incident at an oil and gas site near Valleyview three years ago has led to an oilfield consulting...

OHS also investigating fatal Highway 40 crash

News Erica Fisher - February 11, 2019

Alberta Occupational Health and Safety will also be investigating a fatal crash on Highway 40. A 64-year-old man from...

UPDATE: OHS, Husky investigating death at wellsite south of GP

News Erica Fisher - December 19, 2018

UPDATE: Husky Energy says its thoughts and sympathies are with the worker's family and colleagues. "While we do not believe...

UPDATE: One dead in Mojek Resources wellsite explosion

News Erica Fisher - October 24, 2018

UPDATE: The site involved in the explosion is owned and operated by Mojek Resources, an oil and gas company...

Heritage Village closed after construction worker hospitalized

News Erica Fisher - September 28, 2018

The Heritage Village at the Grande Prairie Museum should reopen for Alberta Culture Days this weekend. It has been...

Workshops to help explain changes to OHS rules

News Erica Fisher - July 24, 2018

Local employers and employees can learn more about changes to rules around workers at meetings in the Peace country...

Precision Drilling grieving worker’s death

News Erica Fisher - May 24, 2018

An oil and gas company is mourning the loss of one of its employees. A man in his 30s...

Province making major changes to labour law

News Erica Fisher - November 27, 2017

The Alberta government is overhauling workers compensation and workplace safety rules. It introduced Bill 30, An Act to Protect...

Worker injured in electrical fire at CNRL’s Horizon Oil Sands site

News Erica Fisher - September 13, 2017

Multiple investigations are now underway into a fire that broke out at Canadian Natural Resources Horizon Oil Sands site...

CNRL fined for unprofessional conduct after fatal accident

News Erica Fisher - January 5, 2017

Canadian Natural Resources Limited has been fined $100,000 following an accident that killed two workers north of Fort McMurray...

Authorities investigating death of worker near Fox Creek

News Erica Fisher - October 28, 2016

An investigation is underway into the death of a worker at a Shell Canada drilling site near Fox Creek....

Worker dies delivering cranes in Grande Prairie

News Erica Fisher - July 18, 2016

Alberta Occupational Health and Safety won't be investigating the death of a worker in Grande Prairie. The incident happened...

Bill 6 passed in Alberta legislature

News Erica Fisher - December 10, 2015

Bill 6 has passed third reading in the Alberta legislature by a vote of 44 to 29. The controversial...

Jobs, Finance ministers comment on response to Bill 6

News Erica Fisher - November 27, 2015

Following a spirited town hall in Grande Prairie yesterday, Minister of Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour Lori Sigurdson has...

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