Company to pay $330K after Edmonton worker trapped in smokehouse, dies in 92 C heat

Jun 19, 2025 | 10:08 AM

EDMONTON — A commercial food processing company has been ordered to pay $330,000 after one of its workers became trapped in a smokehouse and died.

Ontario-based Sofina Foods Inc. was directed by a judge today to put the money toward a workplace training program.

The decision comes a day after Sofina pleaded guilty to one workplace safety violation while the remaining 25 other charges against the company were withdrawn.

Sofina was charged after 32-year-old Samir Subedi died in March 2023.