13 charges laid in death of worker at Grande Prairie lumber mill

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Thirteen charges person been laid successful the decease of a antheral who was fatally injured connected the occupation astatine a Grande Prairie lumber mill successful the wintertime of 2023.

Man was fatally struck by pike rod arsenic helium attempted to wide a jam

Wallis Snowdon · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 07, 2025 11:21 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

A antheral stands wearing a bluish overgarment with a yellowish X and the words OHS serviceman connected the backmost of the jacket.

Charges person been laid successful the decease of a antheral who was fatally injured connected the occupation astatine a Grande Prairie lumber mill successful the wintertime of 2023.

According to Alberta Occupational Health and Safety officials, Weyerhaeuser Company Limited is facing 13 charges successful the workplace fatality.

On Nov. 18, 2023, the antheral was clearing a blockage from a wood chipping instrumentality astatine the lumber mill erstwhile helium was fatally struck.

The idiosyncratic was utilizing a pike pole to wide an obstruction from a canter instrumentality erstwhile the rod came successful interaction with the energized rotating broadside heads of the machine.

The pike pole — a ample hooked pole commonly utilized successful wood products manufacturing to wide jams — was ejected from the machine, striking and fatally injuring the worker.

The charges, laid connected March 31, see a bid of infractions nether the Occupational Health and Safety Act, including a nonaccomplishment to guarantee the information and payment of a worker, a nonaccomplishment to guarantee the idiosyncratic was adequately trained and for allowing a idiosyncratic to wide a blockage successful a machine without shutting it down.

Grande Prairie is astir 450 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.

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