Stelumar Advanced Manufacturing (Milton) Inc., a Milton house assembler, has been was fined $65,000 for violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was seriously injured.
BURLINGTON, Ont.
Stelumar Advanced Manufacturing (Milton) Inc., a Milton house assembler, has been was fined $65,000 for violations under the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA) after a worker was seriously injured.
On September 24, 2008, a worker was using a crane to lift a finished roof on to a house in Stelumar’s factory. The roof did not fit properly. The crane operator then entered the house and climbed a ladder to the second floor to work on the suspended roof. The worker fell about four metres through staircase openings to the factory floor below, was knocked unconscious and suffered injuries to the chest and arm.
A Ministry of Labour investigation found that no guardrails were installed around the stairwell openings.
Stelumar Advanced Manufacturing (Milton) Inc. pleaded guilty under the OHSA to failing as an employer to ensure guardrails were installed around the stairwell openings.
-DCN News Services
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