Worker injured: Albertan drilling company charged with eight OHS offences following years-long investigation
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Orsign-inif you have an account. A Nisku company faces OHS charges following a serious injury-related incident in Northern Alberta 2025. Photo by Tom Braid/Edmonton Sun/QMI AgencA privately owned and operated drilling contractor based in Alberta isfacing eight charges after one worker was seriously injured on site in July 2024. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by David Staples, Keith Gerein and others, Oilers news from Cult of Hockey, Ask EJ Anything features, the Noon News Roundup and Under the Dome newsletters. Unlimited online access to Edmonton Journal and 15 news sites with one account. Edmonton Journal ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. 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Access articles from across Canada with one accountShare your thoughts and join the conversation in the commentsEnjoy additional articles per monthGet email updates from your favourite authorsSign In or Create an AccountorAn investigation by Alberta’s Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) was launched into Twilight Drilling Ltd. following the incident, which unfolded at an undisclosed worksite near the northern hamlet of Beaverlodge, 523 kilometres north of the company’s Nisku home base. Two workers were beneath a rig at the time the injury occurred, each assigned different jobs. One of the them activated a machinery control, and when they did, the other worker was caught in a support chain and seriously injured. SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: FP West: Energy Insider brings you behind the oilpatch’s closed doors with exclusive insights from insiders every Wednesday morning. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of FP West: Energy Insider will soon be in your inbox. We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againOHS submitted the charges in June this year after the investigation process was completed. Now the company will answer to the charges requiring specific planning, training and procedures that prevent injuries or lessen the likelihood that incidents happen. The first two charges fall under Section 3(1) of theAlberta OHS Act,related to an employer’s general obligations to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all workers in the vicinity. Section 3(2) addresses a failure on behalf of an employer to ensure workers are adequately trained in all matters that would ensure they know how to work safely. OHS inspectors also applied theOccupational Health and Safety Codesections:Section 9(1), the failure to identify existing or potential hazards and using the hierarchy of controls to reduce or eliminate the risk to workers from moving parts. Section 64 (1) the failure to secure a lifting device and ensuring a BOP handling system was operated by a competent worker authorized by the employer. Section 310(2) Failing to provide safeguards to prevent a worker from coming into contact with moving parts, a BOP (blow out preventer) system. Section 3. 3 for failing to ensure the worker made the area safe and determined no one else would be negatively affected by initiating a process. Information from the employerrecords portalprovided by the Alberta government shows the company managed numerous disabling injury claims between 2020 and 2023. Twilight Drilling Ltd. current employer WCB data shows the company was managing numerous disabling injury files over a four year period. Photo by Supplied/Alberta GovernmentAn Alberta government record confirms the company has a Certificate of Recognition(COR)from Energy Safety Canada and that the company underwent an external audit of its safety program and practices in 2025. A request for comment went unanswered at the time of publishing. The company’s website does provide a statement about its commitment to health and safety. “Twilight Drilling’s mission is to continually improve our safety performance along with our fellow colleagues’ performance,” it states. “We devote a significant amount of time to training, mentorship, and development designed to help both ourselves and our clients maintain zero incidents involving our people, equipment, or the environment. ”Bookmark our website and support our journalism:Don’t miss the news you need to know — addEdmontonJournal. comandEdmontonSun. comto your bookmarks andsign up for our newsletters here. You can also support our journalism by becoming a digital subscriber. 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