Calgary company hit with $200K penalty in 2021 workplace fatality

A Calgary steel fabrication company has been been penalized a total of $200,000 in relation to a 2021 incident that left one man dead. On Aug. 16 that year, a man in his 50s was moving a steel beam with an overhead crane when the beam released from the rigging and hit him, causing fatal injuries. The penalties include $174,000 that the company will pay to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology  to use to buy equipment that supports their electrical and welding apprenticeship programs.