Calgary company that employed worker killed in trench collapse fined $330K after guilty plea

https://i.cbc.ca/ais/1a7c849d-c880-43e4-a57b-86c1725dd766,1760436804126/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C728%2C409%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="Liam Johnston was 27 years old when he died at work after a trench collapsed on him in Calgary in June 2023.

His family still wants to see criminal charges, but those are rare in Canada for workplace deaths." width="620" />

Three years after Liam Johnston was buried alive in a trench 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.