Trinidad Drilling controversies
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2020
Trinidad Drilling fined following workplace accident
Fine or penalty
Trinidad Drilling Ltd. was fined $200,000 plus an $80,000 surcharge in Estevan Provincial Court after pleading guilty to an occupational health and safety charge relating to a worker's serious injury in a 2017 worksite incident. One additional charge was stayed.
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The company was fined $200,000 plus a surcharge of $80,000 in Estevan Provincial Court on Monday.
Trinidad Drilling Ltd. of Calgary pleaded guilty last year in Estevan Provincial Court to contravening subsection 19(4) of the regulations, “being an employer, fail to ensure that no worker is permitted to perform work unless the worker has sufficient experience, to perform the work safely and in compliance with the Act and the Regulations or is under close and competent supervision, resulting in the serious injury of a worker.” One additional charge was stayed.