CARLYLE, Sask. – An employer has been fined $25,000, plus a $10,000 surcharge, for its involvement in a workplace accident that seriously injured a worker on May 11, 2016. That day, an employee of Carlyle Contracting Services Ltd. was working with rigging at a worksite near Carlyle when a chain holding an l-beam broke, according to a news release from the Saskatchewan Ministry of Labour Relations and Workplace Safety. The I-beam struck the worker on the back and damaged the spine, the release added. On Aug. 23 of this year, the company pleaded guilty in Carlyle Provincial Court to failing to train a worker in safe rigging practices before the worker was permitted to assemble, use, maintain or dismantle rigging. Three other charges were dropped, and the court administered the fine on the same day. “Employers are responsible for ensuring workers receive training in all matters necessary to protect their health and safety when they are hired, when their duties change or when new equipment is introduced,” the Ministry stated.