An explosion and fire in October 2011 injured 52 workers and this week a provincial court judge sentenced the business to a $200,000 fine and an $80,000 “victims of crime” surcharge. On 1/22/15, the company pleaded guilty to a charge under the Saskatchewan Occupational Health and Safety Act that the refinery failed to ensure that all work was sufficiently and competently supervised. The prosecutor told court that on Oct. 6, 2011, a corroded six-inch diameter reactor effluent line that carried partially refined diesel fuel, hydrogen gas, water, nitrogen, ammonia and hydrogen sulphide gas ruptured. The rupture ignited the various gases inside and triggered four other explosions and a fireball. The rupture occurred at normal operating pressure. The pipe was installed by private contractors in 1960 or 1961, but it was the wrong pipe and thickness. (SAFTENG Members can CLICK HERE to see the Expert Report on the pipe failure).The sentence was a joint submission of the Crown and defence lawyer Ron Gates. The maximum fine under the act was $300,000.