US EditionAlberta Company Fined $210K in Death of Worker Who Fell Through Roof
ALBERTA, CANADA, AUG 1 – Pacific Rim Industrial Insulation Ltd. pleaded guilty to safety violations and was fined $210,000 after a worker fell through a roof at an oilsands facility, leading to increased regulatory oversight.
- On Aug. 1, 2025, Pacific Rim Industrial Insulation Ltd. pleaded guilty to failing to ensure fall protection and was fined $210,000 after Milo Sagmoen fell through a roof at an Alberta oilsands facility.
- According to OHS legislation, the company failed to ensure use of a travel restraint system where a fall of three metres or more was possible.
- In June 2023, Milo Sagmoen fell through a metal roof during maintenance at Chemtrade's ammonium sulfate plant within Syncrude's Mildred Lake site.
- In addition, the contractor must undergo 18 months of enhanced regulatory supervision, with three other OHS charges withdrawn.
- According to the ruling, the company and the Crown have 30 days to file an appeal, as first published Aug. 1, 2025.
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Alberta company fined $210K in death of worker who fell through roof
An insulation company has been fined $210,000 in the death of a worker who fell through a roof at an Alberta oilsands facility. The province says the worker had been replacing a building’s metal roof near Mildred Lake, north of Edmonton, in 2023. It says Pacific Rim Industrial Insulations Ltd. pleaded guilty this week to not […]
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