{"id":921,"date":"2022-12-16T12:10:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T14:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnloer.m5i.com\/charges-laid-against-suncor-energy-inc-in-relation-to-injured-worker-on-terra-nova-fpso-in-december-2019-incident\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:58:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T15:28:02","slug":"charges-laid-against-suncor-energy-inc-in-relation-to-injured-worker-on-terra-nova-fpso-in-december-2019-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnloer.m5i.com\/fr\/charges-laid-against-suncor-energy-inc-in-relation-to-injured-worker-on-terra-nova-fpso-in-december-2019-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"Charges Laid Against Suncor Energy Inc. in Relation to Injured Worker on Terra Nova<\/em> FPSO in December 2019 Incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

On December 15, 2022 the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board laid the following charges against Suncor Energy Inc. (Suncor) in relation to alleged offences related to an injury onboard the Terra Nova<\/em> FPSO:<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

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  1. On or about December 29, 2019, at or near the Terra Nova<\/em> FPSO, in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Canada, in the offshore area off the Coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, whilst having been appointed under s. 160(1) of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Marine Installations and Structures Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations<\/em>, Suncor failed to produce a signed written report that complied with s. 160(2) of said regulations, thereby committing an offence pursuant to paragraph 205.104(1)(a) of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act <\/em>C 1987, c.3.<\/li>\n
  2. On or about December 29, 2019, at or near the Terra Nova<\/em> FPSO, in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Canada, in the offshore area off the Coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, being unable to comply with 160(1)(a), (c), (e) and (f) of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Marine Installations and Structures Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations<\/em>, Suncor did not ensure that every employee entering into, exiting from and occupying a confined space wore a safety harness that was securely attached to a lifeline, that was attached to a secure anchor outside the confined space, contrary to subsection 161 of said regulations, thereby committing an offence pursuant to paragraph 205.104(1)(a) of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act<\/em>C 1987, c.3.<\/li>\n
  3. On or about December 29, 2019, at or near the Terra Nova<\/em> FPSO, in the Exclusive Economic Zone of Canada, in the offshore area off the Coast of Newfoundland and Labrador, Suncor did not ensure that every employee entering into, exiting from and occupying a confined space followed the procedures and used the protection equipment as referred to in the written report required by section 160(2) of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Marine Installations and Structures Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations<\/em>, contrary to subsection 160(6) of said regulations, thereby committing an offence pursuant to paragraph 205.104(1)(a) of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Atlantic Accord Implementation Act<\/em>C 1987, c.3.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The first appearance is scheduled for January 25, 2023 at Provincial Court in St. John\u2019s.<\/p>\n

    As this matter is before the courts, the C-NLOPB will not be commenting further at this time.<\/p>\n

    Media Contact:
    \n<\/strong>Lesley Rideout
    \nDirector, Communications and Public Engagement
    \n(709) 725-2900
    \n    lrideout@cnlopb.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    On December 15, 2022 the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnloer.m5i.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnloer.m5i.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnloer.m5i.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnloer.m5i.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnloer.m5i.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cnloer.m5i.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/921\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnloer.m5i.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnloer.m5i.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnloer.m5i.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}