Canadian Natural Resources, subcontractor charged in 2008 oilsands drowning
By The Canadian Press
September 3, 2010
EDMONTON - Workplace safety charges have been filed against petroleum producer Canadian Natural Resources and one of its subcontractors in an oilsands death two years ago.
Rick Boughner, 47, died in September 2008 when an excavator he was using tipped over and sank into a tailings pond, causing him to drown.
Alberta Employment has now charged Canadian Natural Resources with failing to make sure the company it contracted, Clayton Construction of Lloydminster, operated safely.
Clayton itself faces numerous charges, including failing to keep hazards out of the way and failing to make sure equipment was used safely.
Speaking in Calgary, Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk says the charges are another example of the priority the government places on ensuring workplace safety.
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