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Vancouver-based company fined $180K for workplace injury in Hudson Bay, Sask.

Weyerhaeuser Company Limited of Vancouver will pay $182,000 in regards to a serious workplace injury that happened in Hudson Bay, Sask. in 2017. Courtesy / Google Maps

A British Columbia-based company has been ordered to pay $182,000 following a workplace injury that happened in Hudson Bay, Sask., three years ago.

A worker sustained a serious injury involving a forklift on Oct. 5, 2017.

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Weyerhaeuser Co. Ltd. of Vancouver pleaded guilty to violating provincial health and safety regulations on Nov. 26, 2019.

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The resulting penalty was issued on June 23 and consists of a $130,000 fine plus a $52,000 surcharge.

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