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Grader operator in Saskatchewan fined after worker seriously injured

A grader operator in Saskatchewan has been fined after a worker was seriously injured in a workplace incident. File / Global News

A grader operator in Saskatchewan has been fined for a workplace incident that left a worker with serious injuries.

Kenneth Allgrove was operating a grader in September 2016 when it backed into a truck.

The truck was then pushed over a worker resulting in a serious injury, according to Workplace Safety.

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Allgrove, who is from Acherwill, was charged under Saskatchewan’s occupational health and safety legislation for failing to ensure powered mobile equipment is not moved if a worker could be endangered by the movement.

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He was found guilty in Estevan provincial court and fined $2,800.

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