A Wetaskiwin museum has donated prime real estate as a unique penalty for the death of a 14-year-old boy killed on the job.

Erik Dyment died in July 2005 when a truck box he was sandblasting fell on him.

The Reynolds Museum and its director, Stanley George Reynolds, 83, were convicted of violating sections of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

They were found guilty of employing an individual under 15 years of age without written consent of a parent or guardian and the approval of the employment standards director, and having the teen in a dangerous work environment.

A provincial court judge handed the popular car museum and its owner the maximum penalty of $500,000. On Tuesday the court granted Reynolds permission to donate the 13 hectares of land in lieu of most of the fine.

Linda Park, spokeswoman for Alberta Employment, Immigration and Industry, told CBC News this is the first time the maximum penalty has been levied.

"The total settlement was $500,000, $5,000 of which is a fine and $495,000 of which is a gift of prime land to the town of Wetaskiwin," she said Wednesday.

The donated land will be used to extend the runway at the Wetaskiwin airport.

The privately run museum is not connected with the Reynolds Alberta Museum, which is also located in Wetaskiwin, about 70 kilometres south of Edmonton.