A Drayton agricultural business has been fined $175,000 after a workplace injury.
Marvara Farms ltd faces the fine after a worker fell from equipment in the factory into an operating cardboard bale hopper.
A worker moved from the elevated platform to a sloped chute attempted to clear a jam with a stick but wasn’t able to.
The worker then climbed further up onto the equipment near the end of the conveyer to get better access and as the worker was freeing cardboard, the worker slipped and fell into a 70 inch deep baler hopper while it was running and was critically injured.
The incident occurred on January 10th 2023 with the business pleading guilty in Guelph court.
The court has also imposed a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge as required by the Provincial Offences Act.
