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NEPEAN, ONT.\u2014Advanced Building Innovation Company Inc of Nepean, Ont., a maker of prefabricated homes for construction sites, has been fined after a worker was injured in July 2023.<\/p>\n
According to an Ontario court bulletin, on July 31, 2023, a maintenance worker was doing repairs on an automatic nailing machine that nails wall frames together. The machine was not locked out.<\/p>\n
Unaware the maintenance worker was doing repair work, a co-worker started the machine, which injured the maintenance worker.<\/p>\n
A Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development investigation found the company had lock-out\/tag-out and de-energizing procedures and a light curtain system to prevent access to the machine during operation.<\/p>\n
However, the machine was not locked out and the light curtain system did not effectively prevent access to the machine at the time of the incident, the bulletin describes.<\/p>\n
Following a guilty plea in the Provincial Offences Court in Ottawa on Aug. 28, the company was fined $60,000 by Justice of the Peace Serge Legault.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n