Regina, Sask.-Rack Petroleum Ltd., which owns and operates a fertilizer distribution plant located near Bigger, has pleaded guilty in Bigger Provincial Court to one charge and was fined a total of $19,600 under Saskatchewan’s occupational health and safety regulations. Five additional charges against Rack Petroleum were stayed. According to the province’s agency, which is similar to OSHA in the U.S., the charges related to an April 21, 2010, incident in which a worker was seriously injured when his arm was caught in a conveyer belt pulley. The company was charged with failure to ensure that a safeguard on a conveyer belt pulley remained in place at all times. In addition to the distribution plant, Rack also provides Saskatchewan custom fertilizer application, including spreading, floating, and spraying.
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