OHS charges laid after worker seriously injured during Valley Line West LRT construction

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The institution constructing Edmonton's Valley Line West LRT line is facing much than a twelve charges for violations nether the Occupational Health and Safety Act and OHS Code, after a idiosyncratic was earnestly injured connected the occupation successful June 2023.

Marigold Infrastructure Partners facing 14 counts nether OHS Act, OHS Code

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· Posted: May 21, 2025 5:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

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Alberta Occupational Health and Safety has laid charges aft a idiosyncratic was earnestly injured during operation of the Valley Line West LRT successful 2023. (Government of Alberta)

The institution constructing Edmonton's Valley Line West LRT line is facing much than a twelve charges for violations nether the Occupational Health and Safety Act and OHS Code, after a idiosyncratic was earnestly injured connected the occupation successful June 2023.

Marigold Infrastructure Partners is facing 14 counts related to a June 23, 2023, incident.

According to the charges, workers were completing impermanent post-tensioning of a conception of the Valley Line West project. When 1 of the jacks pressured up, factual crumbled and a tensioning barroom and jack deed the worker, causing superior injury.

The charges include failure to guarantee workers were adequately trained successful each matters indispensable to execute their enactment successful a steadfast and harmless manner, failure to guarantee the wellness and information of a idiosyncratic and failure to guarantee a hazard appraisal was repeated erstwhile a caller enactment process was introduced.

Marigold Infrastructure Partners was selected to conception the Valley Line West LRT successful 2020. 

The 14-kilometre LRT hold from downtown to Lewis Farms is expected to beryllium implicit successful 2028. 

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