Company directors jailed for safety violations that led to worker’s death
Posted January 13, 2015 9:21 pm.
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Two company directors have been jailed after pleading guilty to safety violations that led to the death of a warehouse worker.
Baldev Pura and Rajinder Saini _ both directors of New Mex Canada Inc. _ were sentenced to 25 days in jail.
And New Mex Canada, an importer and retailer of furniture and accessories, has been fined $250,000.
On Jan. 18, 2013, a worker was moving merchandise in a Brampton, Ont., warehouse using a combination forklift/operator-up platform called an order picker.
The order picker had been modified and had an additional platform supported by the forks which did not have a guard rail around it, and the worker wasn’t wearing fall protection or safety shoes.
The worker was found on the floor and was pronounced dead of blunt force trauma to the head.
