An Ontario supplier of oil purification systems has been fined $90,000, plus a 25 percent victim fine surcharge, regarding an occupational fatality. Filtervac International Inc. of Breslau, ON, pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice to failing to ensure that a forklift was operated only by a worker authorized to drive it. On March 28, 2005, a worker was using a large forklift to move a fabric bag containing clay that had been removed from filter cylinders. The forklift tipped over onto the driver's side and the worker jumped from the forklift and tried to outrun it as it tipped. The […]
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