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Saputo Dairy Products Fined in 2021 Workplace Injury

Saputo Dairy Products in Tavistock has been fined $75,000 after a workplace injury at the site.

A worker at the facility suffered a hand injury from a cheese cutting machine on July 11th 2021.

The company plead guilty in a courtroom Woodstock.

The company also must pay a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge a government fund to help victims of a crime.

An investigation on the incident from the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development found that a pusher arm should have stopped from moving and prevented from starting with the machine should have been locked out before maintenance from staff started.

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