{"id":10360,"date":"2024-04-09T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=10360"},"modified":"2024-04-09T10:40:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T10:40:02","slug":"suncors-syncrude-canada-to-pay-c390000-after-worker-fatality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/10360\/","title":{"rendered":"Suncor’s Syncrude Canada to pay C$390,000 after worker fatality"},"content":{"rendered":"

RoydadNaft – <\/a><\/span>\u00a0Oil sands producer Syncrude Canada, majority-owned by Suncor Energy, will pay C$390,000 ($287,187.04) after pleading guilty to a health and safety charge relating to the death of a worker on one of its sites in June 2021, the Alberta government said on Monday.<\/p>\n

The worker had been operating an excavator to build a berm at a site near Fort McKay in northern Alberta when the bank the excavator was on slumped into water, Alberta Occupational Health and Safety said in a statement. The excavator cab became submerged and the worker drowned.<\/p>\n

It was one of five deaths at oil sands sites run by Suncor, Canada’s second-largest oil producer, between late 2020 and mid-2022. The fatalities contributed to pressure from U.S.-based activist investment firm Elliot to overhaul management and operations at Suncor, and prompted the resignation of former CEO Mark Little.<\/div>\n

Syncrude Canada pleaded guilty on April 4 to one charge of failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker, while four other charges brought under the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act were withdrawn.<\/p>\n

Under a scheme known as creative sentencing, the company will pay C$390,000 to two University of Alberta centers and the Alberta Municipal Health and Safety Association to help develop safer practices around trenching and excavation work.<\/p>\n

Suncor is facing a separate set of charges, laid on March 29, related to the death of another worker, Brandon Nelson, in July 2022 in Fort McMurray.<\/p>\n

In that incident, the worker was struck by a piece of equipment that fell from a crane, according to the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety website.<\/p>\n

“That matter is now before the courts and we are going to review the charges and determine the next steps,” said Suncor spokeswoman Sneh Seetal, adding there had been a thorough investigation following the fatality.<\/p>\n

“Our safety procedures did not meet our expectations.”<\/p>\n

In the company’s annual report, released last month, CEO Rich Kruger said there had been no deaths or life-threatening injuries in 2023.<\/p>\n

($1 = 1.3580 Canadian dollars)<\/p>\n

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