Employer fined after worker falls from second storey of structure

Thunder Bay, Ont.-based Robert C. Nearing Holdings Inc. was fined $60,000 after pleading guilty to one violation that caused a worker to fall through an opening on the second storey of a structure, causing injury.  The unprotected opening was 46 inches wide and the fall was 8 feet, 7½ inches from the second storey of the structure to the ground.

The inspector from the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development investigating the incident has ordered that a guardrail complying with the requirements of section 14 of the Regulation for Industrial Establishments (Regulation 851) be installed on the walkway.

The inspector also ordered that workers be protected from falls when that guardrail is removed.

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