Construction Firm Fined

A Kenora construction company has been fined $50-thousand after pleading guilty to a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act for a workplace accident at a construction site in Marathon.

Sigfusson Northern Limited was conducted drilling and blasting operations in September 2008 when a worker broke his arm after it got tangled in the drill.

A Ministry of Labour investigation found that none of the three emergency shut-off switches on the rock drill were functional.