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A Saskatoon construction company has been fined $70,000 after an employee was injured when a scissor lift overturned.

Wright Construction Western Inc. pleaded guilty on Aug. 22 in Saskatoon provincial court to one count under the Occupational Health and Safety regulations for failing to ensure safe working conditions.

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The employee sustained a serious hip injury on Jan. 30, 2017, “after the scissor lift the worker was unloading from a flatbed trailer drove off the ramp and overturned,” according to a Saskatchewan government news release.

The company was fined $50,000 plus a surcharge of $20,000.