A Leamington produce company has been fined $70,000 following an investigation into a worker injury that took place April 25, 2022.
The Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development said in a release that Amco Farms Inc., on Wilkinson Drive, “failed to ensure that (a) platform and lifting mechanism were securely and solidly blocked to prevent the equipment from falling or moving.”
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A worker was injured when a scissor lift’s platform and lifting mechanism collapsed during replacement of its hydraulic cylinders.
The ministry said one worker elevated the platform of the lift and positioned the forks of a forklift just below the platform to allow the other worker to go underneath to access the hydraulic cylinders.
While the first worker operated the lift, the second worker went inside the lift and removed one of the cylinders. As the worker was removing the second cylinder, the rollers supporting one end of the lift’s platform released from their guide rail, causing the platform and the lifting mechanism to collapse down, injuring the worker.
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Amco Farms, a greenhouse operation, pleaded guilty to the charge under the Occupational Health and Safety Act and was fined in Provincial Offences Court in Windsor by Justice of the Peace Angela Renaud.
The court also imposed a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge on top of the $70,000 penalty, bringing the total penalty to $87,500.
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