ESTEVAN, Sask. – An Edmonton-based mining firm has been fined for an incident in which an employee was injured by a six-metre fall at a worksite near Estevan. The accident occurred on Aug. 10, 2015, when a worker with Prairie Mines & Royalty ULC tripped on a footrest inside the cabin of a dragline excavator and fell to the ground, sustaining serious injuries, according to a news release from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety. The employer, which operates as Westmoreland Coal Company, later pleaded guilty in Estevan Provincial Court to failing to provide and maintain a work environment and system that ensured the health and safety of its employees as far as reasonably practicable. On July 10 of this year, the court ordered the company to pay $85,714.29, plus a surcharge of $34,285.71. “While everyone is responsible to create and maintain a safe and healthy workplace,” the Ministry stated in the release, “employers carry the greatest responsibility because of their authority and control over the worksite.”