Court Bulletin
12-19 For Immediate
Release
March 22, 2012
Southwest Glass Products Inc. Fined $50,000 After Worker Injured
London, ON –
Southwest Glass Products Inc., a Toronto glass manufacturer, was fined $50,000
for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
On September 9, 2010,
at the company’s London plant, a worker was unloading glass sheets from a
mechanized conveyor. The worker stumbled and reached out to stop from falling.
The worker’s hand made contact with a mechanized roller on the conveyor and was
pulled around the roller. The worker lost a finger and a tendon.
A Ministry of Labour
investigation found that the employer had installed a guardrail in front of the
conveyor but it was removed by workers to make their job easier. At the time of
the incident there were no other protective devices to prevent workers from
accessing the rollers on that part of the conveyor.
Southwest Glass
Products Inc. pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that the conveyor was guarded to prevent access to its moving parts.
The fine was imposed
by Justice of the Peace Jacob Bruinewood. In addition to the fine, the court
imposed a 25-per-cent victim fine surcharge, as required by the Provincial
Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund
to assist victims of crime.
No comments:
Post a Comment