Ontario Newsroom | A worker was critically injured after Linamar Corporation failed to follow prescribed safety measures under section 45(a) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 and section 25(1)(c) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
An acting supervisor directed a worker to change a broach stick using a jib crane; the 460-lb stick fell and struck him, causing a critical injury.
Labour Ministry investigators found the crane’s clamp was not fully engaged, compromising safe handling.
Linamar pleaded guilty in Provincial Offences Court and was fined $350,000 plus a 25 % victim surcharge.
