{"id":702181,"date":"2026-05-29T19:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/702181\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T19:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T19:16:11","slug":"company-building-edmontons-valley-line-west-lrt-fined-for-serious-workplace-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/702181\/","title":{"rendered":"Company building Edmonton&#8217;s Valley Line West LRT fined for serious workplace injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The company constructing Edmonton&#8217;s Valley Line West LRT line has been fined $120,000 after a worker was seriously injured on the job three years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Marigold Infrastructure Partners Inc. has been convicted of one count under the Occupational Health and Safety Code for failing to ensure equipment, including a hydraulic jack, was safely restrained to eliminate potential danger to the injured employee. <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In a news release Friday, provincial safety officials said the Edmonton-based construction company\u00a0pleaded guilty to the workplace violation on May 26 in the Edmonton Court of Justice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the investigation, the worker \u2014 an employee of Marigold Infrastructure \u2014 was hurt on June 23, 2023, while crews were completing post-tensioning of a segment of the Valley Line West project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The work involves compressing the concrete sections of a bridge or guideway using high-strength steel cables after the concrete has hardened.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">During the incident, as one of the jacks pressured up, the concrete crumbled, causing the tensioning bar and jack to break free and strike the worker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Marigold Infrastructure Partners was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/edmonton\/city-selects-builder-for-2-6b-valley-line-west-lrt-project-1.5783661\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:selected to construct the Valley Line West LRT in 2020.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;selected to construct the Valley Line West LRT in 2020.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">selected to construct the Valley Line West LRT in 2020.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The project, which has a new 14-kilometre stretch of light rail being constructed from downtown to the neighbourhoods of Lewis Farms in the city&#8217;s far west, is expected to be completed in 2028.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the provincial news release issued Friday, all other charges in the case have now been withdrawn.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The company and the Crown have up to 30 days to launch an appeal of the fine or conviction issued by the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The company constructing Edmonton&#8217;s Valley Line West LRT line has been fined $120,000 after a worker was 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