BRAMPTON, ONT. — A manufacturer of clay bricks and concrete blocks, Brampton Brick Limited is facing a significant fine in relation to the death of a worker at its facility on Hurontario Street in 2023.
According to an Ontario court bulletin, the incident took place on June 8, 2023, when a worker was helping to remove cement build-up on equipment.
The worker climbed onto a mud conveyor in the plant’s mixer area while carrying a hammer and was unaware that a skip hoist, a device for lifting materials, was in automatic mode and the hoist bucket itself was overhead.
When the hoist automatically engaged, the hoist bucket lowered resulting in a fatal injury.
An investigation by the Ministry of Labor, Immigration, Training and Skills Development found the mixer area was not equipped with adequate machine guarding.
Thus, the company failed to ensure adequate machine guarding that prevents access to a pinch point in accordance with section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851. This is an offence pursuant to section 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Following a guilty plea in Provincial Offences Court, Brampton on Feb. 4, 2025, the company was fined $225,000 by Justice of the Peace Peter Karageorgos.
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