Saskatoon-PotashCorp has pled guilty to one charge under The Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993, and was fined a total of C$420,000. The company pled guilty to contravening section 3(a) of the Act for failure to ensure the health, safety, and welfare at work of all of the employer’s workers. Total fines include $300,000, the maximum penalty allowable under OHS legislation, and a maximum victim fine surcharge of $120,000. The government said this is only the second time the maximum penalty under occupational health and safety legislation has been applied in Saskatchewan. These charges were the result of the investigation by Occupational Health Officers into the death of Robert Tkach, 61, who died in an underground jeep accident at the Lanigan Potash Mine (GM Jan. 11, p. 10).
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