Whitby, Ont.'s Gantrex Canada Inc., a heavy-duty crane product manufacturer, was fined $50,000 on Sept. 7 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a young worker.
On Sept. 19, 2008, at the company's Ajax manufacturing plant, a young worker was cutting strips of rubber using a shear machine. The machine jammed. The worker reached into the unguarded back of the machine to clear the jam. The shear activated and it amputated parts of the worker's thumb and finger.
Gantrex pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that the shear machine was guarded to prevent the worker from accessing its blade.
The fine was imposed by Justice of the Peace Ronald Prestage. 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.
www.ontario.ca/labour
On Sept. 19, 2008, at the company's Ajax manufacturing plant, a young worker was cutting strips of rubber using a shear machine. The machine jammed. The worker reached into the unguarded back of the machine to clear the jam. The shear activated and it amputated parts of the worker's thumb and finger.
Gantrex pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that the shear machine was guarded to prevent the worker from accessing its blade.
The fine was imposed by Justice of the Peace Ronald Prestage. 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.
www.ontario.ca/labour
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