DAWSON CREEK, B.C. – Horizon Drilling, a division of Western Energy Services Corp., was recently fined $75,000 over an employee injury at an oil and gas site near Dawson Creek on Sept. 9, according to information from British Columbia’s workers’ compensation authority. WorkSafeBC noted in the “Penalties” department of the January/February issue of its magazine WorkSafe that the company had been drilling a well on the site at the time of the accident. The worker, described only as “young,” was seriously hurt while troubleshooting a steam heater’s fan, WorkSafeBC said. A subsequent investigation found that Horizon had not developed specific lockout procedures for the equipment at the worksite, a high-risk violation, although WorkSafeBC had ordered the firm to do so after an inspection prior to the incident. WorkSafeBC later fined Horizon for failing to train and supervise workers sufficiently to protect their health and safety. Other significant B.C. corporate fines noted in the WorkSafe issue have recently gone to Firstonsite G.P. Inc. ($74,704.99 for lack of fall protection, observed on Aug. 13) and Rokstand Power Corporation ($71,866.79 for a worker’s leg injury from a broken guy wire on July 30).