An Airdrie company is being sued for more than $18 million by a former employee who was jailed while working for the firm in Africa in 2015. United Safety International Ltd. in Airdrie is currently involved in a $23 million CAD lawsuit with a former employee, who sued the company after being arrested in Congo in 2015. Scott Strasser/Airdrie City View An Airdrie company is being sued for more than $18 million USD ($23 million CAD) by a former employee who was jailed while working for the firm’s African branch in 2015. According to court documents filed through the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench from 2017 to 2020, Irish native Ronan O’Mhaoinigh is seeking millions in damages in a civil action against United Safety International Ltd. (USIL), an Airdrie-based company that supplies safety equipment and safety-related services to oil and gas companies around the world. The National Post first reported details of the lawsuit in December 2020. USIL, which has its western hemisphere headquarters in Airdrie’s East Lake Industrial Park, was founded in 1987. The company provides various industrial safety services related to the oil and gas sector. According to O’Mhaoinigh’s statement of claim against USIL, filed in May […]
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