WANHAM, Alta. – Alberta’s Ministry of Labour (MOL) recently pressed charges against a contracting company, as well as one of the firm’s employees, regarding an incident that seriously injured a worker on a Wanham construction site two years ago. According to an undated announcement on the MOL website, a crew with Tri-Line Contracting Services Ltd. was replacing a cement manhole base on April 28, 2015, when the base accidentally slipped from a lift assembly and crushed a worker who was standing at the bottom of an excavation, causing multiple injuries. On April 24 of this year, Tri-Line was charged with six violations of the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Code and one of the Occupational Health and Safety Act. In addition, Tri-Line worker Dale Gour is facing three charges, including failing to contain or restrain equipment or material that could endanger fellow workers while being moved and failing to protect other workers’ health and safety.