Mississauga Manufacturer Fined $120,000 After Workplace Fatality - OHS Canada Magazine

Mississauga manufacturer fined $120,000 after workplace fatality - OHS Canada Magazine

Allied Tooling Technologies Inc. has been fined $120,000 after a worker was fatally injured while operating a computer numerical control (CNC) lathe machine at a facility in Mississauga, Ont. On Dec. 18, 2022, a worker was operating the machine while alone at the workplace when they were fatally injured. Two co-workers later found the worker trapped inside the lathe, which had stopped. The machine is designed to be operated with its sliding door…

Manufacturer fined $80,000 after worker loses finger

A Dandenong packaging manufacturer has been convicted and fined a total of $80,000 after a worker had a finger amputated due to using unguarded machinery. Polycell Australia Pty Ltd, was sentenced at Dandenong Magistrates’ Court on Monday 7 July after pleading guilty to failing to provide and maintain safe plant and a system of work and failing to notify WorkSafe of an incident. The company was also ordered to pay $5,829 in costs. In February 20…