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:: Thursday, May 27, 2004 ::
Strite Industries Limited fined $50,000 for health and safety violation CNW Telbec
CAMBRIDGE, ON - On March 19, 2003, a worker was using an automatic lathe (a machine that shaped steel bars into precision parts) when the worker's right index finger was crushed against a steel bar. The accident occurred when the worker opened a door on the lathe and put a hand inside to remove the remainder of one steel bar and replace it with a new one. The worker mistakenly thought the machine was turned off. However, the machine had just paused and it restarted while the worker's hand was inside. A Ministry of Labour investigation found the lathe was equipped with an automatic 'interlock' guarding device (a device which automatically shut off the lathe's moving parts when the door was opened), but it failed to protect the worker because the device's 'on/off' switch on the control panel was in the 'off' position. The incident occurred at the company's plant on Shepherd Avenue in Cambridge.------------------------------------------- posted 6:48 AM :: reference link ::
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