Roofing company fined for workplace injury

King Roofing and Aluminum Contractors Inc., based in King City, has been fined $90,000 after a worker was injured in Brampton almost four years ago. A supervisor was also fined $10,000 in relation to the same incident. According to Ontarios ministry of labour, workers from the company were replacing the roof of a home in Brampton on August 11, 2008 when one of the workers accidentally stepped off the roof while moving a bucket of tar. The worker fell to the ground below and the bucket of tar overturned, spilling tar on the fallen worker. The worker broke multiple bones and suffered third degree burns. A Ministry of Labour investigation revealed that there was no form of fall protection at the project and the injured worker and another worker had not been trained in fall protection. The injured worker had also not been wearing appropriate clothing for work with hot tar. King Roofing & Aluminum Contractors Inc. pleaded guilty on a number of fronts including failing to ensure that workers were trained in fall protection, were adequately protected by a guardrail system and were wearing appropriate protection against injury for the hot tar. Joe Scarna, owner of the company and supervisor at the time of the incident, pleaded guilty to failing, as a supervisor, to ensure that the workers were adequately protected by a guardrail system. Justice of the Peace Jeannie Anand imposed the fines today in Brampton. In addition to the fines, 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.

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Roofing company fined for workplace injury