{"id":808121,"date":"2026-07-17T15:47:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/808121\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T15:47:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:47:13","slug":"calgary-plumbing-contractor-hit-with-330000-penalty-after-workplace-fatality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/808121\/","title":{"rendered":"Calgary plumbing contractor hit with $330,000 penalty after workplace fatality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Mike\u2019s Plumbing fined following excavation tragedy in June 2023.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1004148644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-17-at-10.13.50-AM-300x124.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\"  \/>Mr. Mike\u2019s Plumbing Ltd. has been penalized a total of $330,000 after pleading guilty to one count under Alberta\u2019s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act for failing to ensure the health and safety of a worker.<\/p>\n<p>The Crown withdrew 10 other counts.<\/p>\n<p>The charges stemmed from an incident that occurred on a water and sewer line construction site in Calgary on June 8, 2023. One worker died after an excavation caved in and buried them.<\/p>\n<p>The court fined the company $115,000, including the victim fine surcharge.<\/p>\n<p>Under a creative sentence, the court also ordered the company to pay $215,000 to the Injury Prevention Centre. The centre will conduct a province-wide safety awareness campaign to empower young workers to recognize hazards, speak up about unsafe work and help prevent workplace injuries through targeted education, industry collaboration and a shared commitment to safer workplaces.<\/p>\n<p>The company and the Crown have up to 30 days to appeal the conviction or penalty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alberta.ca\/convictions-under-ohs-legislation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">alberta.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This article first appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohscanada.com\/briefs\/plumbing-contractor-hit-with-330000-penalty-after-workplace-fatality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">OHS Canada<\/a>, an Annex Business Media publication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mr. Mike\u2019s Plumbing fined following excavation tragedy in June 2023. Mr. Mike\u2019s Plumbing Ltd. has been penalized a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":808122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":["post-808121","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\/808121","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=808121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/808121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/808122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=808121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=808121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=808121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}