Sam Fitzpatrick was killed by a falling boulder on a Peter Kiewit Sons worksite on Feb. 22, 2009
Criminal negligence charges have been filed in the 2009 death of Sam Fitzpatrick on a B.C. worksite, charges that are unprecedented in Canada for a major multinational corporation.
Peter Kiewit Sons Co. and two former managers, Timothy Rule and Gerald Karjala, are all named in an indictment sworn Friday morning and provided to CBC News. Each is charged with one count of criminal negligence causing death.
In an email, Fitzpatrick's mother, Christine Tamburri, told CBC she was pleased at the news.
Fitzpatrick was 24 years old when he was crushed by a falling boulder on a Kiewit hydroelectric construction project on the Central Coast on Feb. 22, 2009. His younger brother, Arlen, was watching when it happened.
Fitzpatrick's family and friends, along with the United Steelworkers union, have spent the last decade fighting for accountability in the tragedy.
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