Dematic Ltd., a supply chain automation company, will have to pay C$218,750 ($170,350) in safety and health fines after a worker was crushed to death in its Ontario warehouse.
The Ontario Court of Justice assessed the fine March 8 after the worker was killed while installing a conveyor system at a warehouse being built in Brampton, Ontario, in August 2016, the provincial Ministry of Labour said.
The fine included a 25 percent victim fine surcharge.
The worker was caught between the guardrail of a mobile work platform and the building’s steel frame, the ministry said in a statement. ...
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