An Alberta scaffolding company has been ordered to pay $350,000 in workplace safety penalties after a worker died in a fall at a pulp mill in Peace River.

According to officials with Alberta Occupational Health and Safety, West Coast Scaffolding Inc., has been convicted for failing to protect the safety of its workers on the job.

The company, based in Sturgeon County, pleaded guilty to one count under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and was convicted on Monday.

The company was sentenced Mon…