$170,000 in fines have been handed to two Leamington employers after the death of a 27-year-old worker last year.
The Ministry of Labour says the worker was fatally injured while installing weather strips on the glass window vents of a greenhouse roof on January 10, 2022.
The MOL report stated contrary to safety procedures, their fall protection harness was not fastened.
The incident happened at a workplace located at 429 Mersea Rd. 8, Staples, Ontario.
Following a guilty plea in the Ontario Court of Justice, FHES Ontario Ltd. was fined $70,000 and Lebo Farms Ltd. $100,000 by Judge Ronald Marion.
The court also 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.