An Ottawa firm has been fined $55,000 after a worker was injured on a construction site near St. Thomas.
Eric Lemire Enterprises pleaded guilty to failing as an employer to ensure material or equipment at a project was stored and moved in a way that did not endanger a worker.
The incident happened September 8, 2021 while the company was erecting structural steel at the Amazon Fulfillment Centre north of Talbotville.
A worker was injured by an unsecured steel truss that tipped over.
At the time of the event, the trusses were not braced or secured from tipping over and there was no task-specific work procedure or training relating to the safe storage, movement or separation of jammed trusses, despite this being a common issue encountered by the company at other projects.
The fine was imposed Feb. 8 of this year by Justice of the Peace Robert M. Seneshen in St. Thomas court. The company must also pay a 25 per cent victim surcharge.
