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March 2, 2010
Heavy construction company Sigfusson Northern fined in drilling mishap
THUNDER BAY, Ont.
Sigfusson Northern Ltd., a Kenora-based heavy construction company, was fined $50,000 on Feb. 12, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that caused an injury to a worker.
Workers were drilling and blasting rock on the site for a new road in Marathon. One of the workers started to change the drill bit on a rock drill while it was running. The worker’s arm got tangled in the drill. A second worker tried pressing an emergency stop button on the drill, but it did not work. A third worker used a control lever to stop the drill. The first worker sustained a broken arm.
A Ministry of Labour investigation found that none of the three emergency shut-off switches on the rock drill were functional.
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