A WorkSafeBC investigation has found that a worker was seriously injured when a 544-kilogram floor plate fell from a drilling rig at a remote oil and gas wellsite in March… …
Birchcliff Energy has been ordered to pay $312,500 after pleading guilty to a workplace safety violation connected to the death of a worker who fell into a reservoir. The company… …
A worker suffered serious injuries after getting caught in the moving gears of a power tong at an Alberta well site, an incident that has now cost an oilfield services… …
By Margaret McGregor, Deborah Curran, Élyse Caron-Beaudoin, Kevin Berk, and Tim K. Takaro In May, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced plans to double the capacity of Canada’s electricity grid by… …
A construction crew working near Fort St. John, B.C., punctured an operating natural gas pipeline last November after losing track of exactly where the line was buried, the Transportation Safety… …
An Alberta oil and gas well servicing company has been fined $144,000 after a worker suffered serious injuries when a pressurized valve struck him at a Slave Lake worksite. Apex… …
By Brian Oliver and Peter J. Irga The fire at a major oil refinery in the Victorian city of Geelong has now reportedly been extinguished. But with thick smoke from… …
An oil and gas company, an engineering firm and a supervisor have been sentenced to pay a combined $216,000 following a serious workplace injury near Edson in March 2024. The… …
A crack that caused a natural gas pipeline to rupture and explode near Edson, Alberta in April 2024 was detected during inspection but misclassified as non-reportable due to human interpretation… …
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