Calgary company that employed worker killed in trench collapse fined $330K after guilty plea
Posted on: Jul 14, 2026 04:33 IST | Posted by: Cbc
3 years after Liam joseph eggleston johnston was interred live in a ditch collapse while working on an excavation site in northwest Calgary, the company that employed him pleaded guilty to one of 11 charges they faced under Alberta's Occupational Health and Safety Act.
On Monday, Justice Gordon Krinke accepted Mr. Mike’s Plumbing’s guilty plea to the charge of failing to ensure the health, safety and welfare of Johnston, who was killed on June 8, 2023.
The 10 other charges were withdrawn as part of the plea.
The company was found to have inadequate supervision at the excavation site on the day of Johnston’s death.
Court heard that the site was not properly shored at the time and a photo of one of Johnston’s co-workers in a dangerous position sent to a supervisor just minutes before the trench collapse did not raise any red flags.
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