An Alberta company has been fined after pleading guilty to violating Saskatchewan occupational health and safety regulations following a workplace incident.
On April 30, 2014, a man was working on a conveyor belt problem at Crop Production Services in Elstow, Sask., when his left hand got caught up in the machinery.
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He ended up having his hand amputated.
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Fertilizer was being unloaded at the time.
The Calgary-based company pleaded guilty in Saskatoon provincial court on July 20 for failing to provide an effective safeguard where a worker may contact a dangerous moving part of a machine.
The company was fined $100,000 for the violation along with a $40,000 surcharge.
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One other charge against the company was stayed.
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