FORT NELSON, B.C. - An Edmonton-based construction company has been fined more than $10,000 after WorkSafeBC inspectors found a series of safety violations at worksites in or near the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality.
According to WorkSafeBC, In-Line Contracting Ltd. was issued an administrative penalty of $10,021.52 following inspections conducted at three separate worksites. The penalty was imposed on April 30, 2026.
WorkSafeBC said inspectors visited two culvert installation sites and found deficiencies in the company’s safe work practices related to emergency procedures, first aid requirements and working at heights.
At a third worksite, inspectors issued a stop-work order after observing an excavation that had not been adequately sloped and had not been re-evaluated by an engineer after weather conditions changed.
The agency said the company failed to ensure excavation work was carried out according to the written instructions of a qualified professional and did not adequately protect workers entering the excavation.
WorkSafeBC also said the firm failed to ensure fall protection was used while employees were working at heights greater than three metres. Both were classified as high-risk violations.
In addition, inspectors found the company had not maintained up-to-date written first-aid procedures, including emergency transportation plans, and failed to provide required first-aid equipment, supplies and services at its worksites.
WorkSafeBC said those were repeated violations.
The company is listed under the construction sector and classified as performing oil and gas pipeline construction or repair work.
The contractor has carried out significant work in northeastern B.C. In August 2024, the federal government announced it had awarded In-Line Contracting Partnership a contract worth more than $4.3 million for the first year of a culvert repair and replacement program along the federally maintained portion of the Alaska Highway near Fort Nelson.
The project included installing new culverts, repairing existing structures, erosion protection work and environmental restoration between kilometre 313 and kilometre 507 of the highway.
However, it is not clear whether the worksites inspected by WorkSafeBC were connected to that Alaska Highway project.
WorkSafeBC’s penalty notice identifies the locations only as worksites within the Northern Rockies Regional Municipality and does not name the specific projects where the violations were found.
WorkSafeBC said the violations involved two culvert installation sites and a separate excavation worksite in the region.