Maple Leaf Consumer Foods Inc., in Kitchener Ont., was fined $100,000 at the beginning of August for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured.
On Nov. 13, 2008, at the company's factory in Brampton, a worker was preparing equipment that puts sauce on meat products. As the worker was attaching a return hose to a pump, the worker's finger was caught in the pump and its tip was severed.
The pump had been running while the worker was doing this preparation work.
Maple Leaf pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that the worker adjusted the equipment only when motion that could endanger a worker was stopped.
The fine was imposed by Justice of the Peace Karen Jensen. 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.labour.gov.on.ca
www.mapleleaf.com
On Nov. 13, 2008, at the company's factory in Brampton, a worker was preparing equipment that puts sauce on meat products. As the worker was attaching a return hose to a pump, the worker's finger was caught in the pump and its tip was severed.
The pump had been running while the worker was doing this preparation work.
Maple Leaf pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that the worker adjusted the equipment only when motion that could endanger a worker was stopped.
The fine was imposed by Justice of the Peace Karen Jensen. 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.labour.gov.on.ca
www.mapleleaf.com
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