{"id":804792,"date":"2026-07-16T03:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804792\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T03:23:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T03:23:11","slug":"coal-mining-company-pleads-guilty-fined-360k-for-workers-death-in-alberta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/804792\/","title":{"rendered":"Coal mining company pleads guilty, fined $360K for worker&#8217;s death in\u00a0Alberta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An\u00a0Alberta\u00a0coal mining company has been fined $360,000 after pleading guilty in a worker\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>Prairie Mines and Royalty ULC pleaded guilty last week to failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Alberta\u00a0government says the worker was fatally injured Nov. 25, 2023, near Warburg, southwest of Edmonton, while clearing water and ice from piping.<\/p>\n<p>An ice plug became dislodged and struck the worker.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown withdrew 11 other charges against the Edmonton-based company.<\/p>\n<p>The government says the fine is a creative sentence, where the money can be paid to an organization or project to improve or promote workplace health and safety.<\/p>\n<p>It says the $360,000 fine is to go to the\u00a0Alberta\u00a0Mine Safety Association to develop best practices and training for water removal operations.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784110070_915_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An\u00a0Alberta\u00a0coal mining company has been fined $360,000 after pleading guilty in a worker\u2019s death. Prairie Mines and Royalty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":804793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-804792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-calgary","tag-ca","tag-calgary","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/804793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}