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www.oakvillebeaver.com The Oakville Beaver, Friday April 27, 2007 - 5 Employer fined $70,000 for Oakville construction site injury J.M.D. Metals Inc., a former Fonthill-based company that installed metal roof decking, was fined $70,000 on Monday, for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act that resulted in serious injuries to an employee at a school construction site in Oakville. On Feb. 2, 2004, a worker was on a partially-built, twostorey school and was installing metal roof decking a job that involved applying the first layer to the flat-roof structure - when the worker slipped and fell about 8.2 metres (27 feet) through an open hole in the roof. Landing on the ground below, the worker suffered a fractured leg bone, and head and lower back injuries. The incident occurred at Abbey Park High School at 1445 Glen Abbey Gate in Oakville. A Ministry of Labour investigation found the worker was not wearing any fall arrest equipment at the time of the incident. The worker was employed by J.M.D. Metals Inc., which had been hired by the project's constructor, Aquicon Construction Company Limited, to install metal roof decking. Following a trial, J.M.D. Metals Inc. was found guilty, as an employer, of failing to ensure the worker, who was exposed to a hazard of falling more than three metres, wore adequate fall arrest protection, as required by Section 26.1 of the Regulations for Construction Projects. This was contrary to Section 25(1)(c) of the act. The fine was imposed by Justice of the Peace Lina Mills of the Ontario Court of Justice in Burlington. In addition, the court imposed a 25-per cent victim fine surcharge, as required by the Provincial Offences Act. The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime. Test Drive: Outlook, Aura, Sky, Vue & Ion Sat., & Sun. from 12-6pm. Saturn Product Specialists will be on site. 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