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Weyerhaeuser controversies

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  1. 2020

    Weyerhaeuser fined after worker injury

    Fine or penalty

    Weyerhaeuser was fined $182,000 after pleading guilty to contravening provincial occupational health and safety regulations in connection with a worker seriously injured by a forklift in 2017.

    Source excerpt

    • Weyerhaeuser Company Limited of Vancouver was fined $182,000 on June 23, 2020 after pleading guilty 1996 to contravening clause 12(a) of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations.
    • Weyerhaeuser will pay a $182,000 fine stemming from a 2017 incident at their Hudson Bay operations when a worker was seriously injured by a forklift.
    • Forestry and lumber giant Weyerhaeuser has been fined $182,000 after an employee at its OSB mill in Saskatchewan was seriously injured by a forklift.