NEPEAN, ONT.—Advanced Building Innovation Company Inc of Nepean, Ont., a maker of prefabricated homes for construction sites, has been fined after a worker was injured in July 2023.
According to an Ontario court bulletin, on July 31, 2023, a maintenance worker was doing repairs on an automatic nailing machine that nails wall frames together. The machine was not locked out.
Unaware the maintenance worker was doing repair work, a co-worker started the machine, which injured the maintenance worker.
A Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development investigation found the company had lock-out/tag-out and de-energizing procedures and a light curtain system to prevent access to the machine during operation.
However, the machine was not locked out and the light curtain system did not effectively prevent access to the machine at the time of the incident, the bulletin describes.
Following a guilty plea in the Provincial Offences Court in Ottawa on Aug. 28, the company was fined $60,000 by Justice of the Peace Serge Legault.
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