OHS Canada: Vancouver company fined $125,000 after worker killed at Ontario jobsite
by OHS Canada
This incident took place at the employer’s rubber recycling facility located at 150 Garden Avenue in Brantford, Ont.
A Vancouver-based company has been fined $125,000 by an Ontario court after one of its workers was killed in Brantford, Ont.
A worker employed by a third-party trucking company was fatally injured at the workplace belonging to CRM of Canada Processing while onsite to remove a bin. CRM of Canada Processing failed to provide information and instruction to workers, the province said in a press release.
What happened
This incident took place at the employer’s rubber recycling facility located at 150 Garden Avenue in Brantford, Ont.
The employer breaks up used tires into small crumb pellets that can be more easily recycled into new product. During the recycling process of breaking up the tires into smaller crumb rubber pellets, a fibrous material is released as a by-product. The by-product is collected and compacted into an industrial container and is then trucked off the premises by a third-party trucking company.
A limit switch interlocked with the movement of the ram is located at the discharge end of the compactor. When correctly positioned and activated, this switch is in physical contact with the container and signals to the compacting ram that it can continue to pack the container because the container is in the correct and secured position. If the limit switch device is not activated or is not in contact with the container, the ram does not operate.
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