Aluma Systems will have its day in court next February
By Peggy Revell on May 10, 2018.
Medicine Hat News A company charged following an ammonia leak at CF Industries in 2015 that left one workerdeadand another injured entered not-guilty pleas Wednesday. A multi-day trial for AlumaSystems Inc. was set for Feb. 4-15, 2019 for charges under theOccupational Health and Safety Act. The company is charged withtwo counts offailureto ensure the health and safety of the workers,failureto take measures to eliminate or control a hazard,failureto ensure a hazard assessment was repeated when a work process or operation changed, andfailureto provide safeguards where a worker could accidentally, or through the work process, come into contact with a hazard. The charges are from Dec. 7, 2015 when two workers withAlumaSystems were on an aerial work platform, in the bucket at the CF Industries site. The vehicle struck a bleed pipe valve containing pressurized ammonia, and the gas was released. One worker was taken to hospital and later pronounceddead, while the other suffered burns to his body. 6-5
