ALBERTA — A scaffolding company has been ordered to pay $350,000 in workplace safety penalties after a worker died in a fall at Mercer’s Peace River Pulp mill in Peace River, Alberta. According to officials with Alberta Occupational Health and Safety, West Coast Scaffolding has been convicted for failing to protect the safety of its employee. The company was sentenced Monday in the St. Albert Court of Justice. The investigation began following a man’s death on June 11, 2022, in Peace River. …The company was handed a creative sentence, which means penalties will be directed to community organizations or projects that promote workplace health and safety. In this case, the fines paid by West Coast Scaffolding will be provided to Athabasca County and the Caslan Volunteer Fire Department to support training and the purchase of new rescue equipment. Eight other workplace safety charges against the company were withdrawn.