Atlas Concrete Accessories Ltd. pleaded guilty and was fined $60,000 on Jan. 13 for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. Atlas director Mohammed Ally also pleaded guilty and was fined $5,000.
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Atlas Concrete Accessories Ltd. pleaded guilty and was fined $60,000 on Jan. 13 for a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was injured. Atlas director Mohammed Ally also pleaded guilty and was fined $5,000.
On July 14, 2008, a worker at the company’s metal stamping shop in Toronto was greasing the gears of a machine while it was in motion.
The worker’s hand became caught in the gears and was partially amputated.
A Ministry of Labour investigation found that the guard preventing access to the gears had been removed two weeks earlier, at the director’s request, because the machine was overheating.
Atlas Concrete Accessories Ltd. pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that the machine was adequately guarded. Mohammed Ally pleaded guilty to the same.
DCN News Services
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