VAUGHAN, ONT.—A Toronto-area lumber company has been fined $75,000 after a worker was critically injured while unloading large beams from a delivery truck more than three years ago. A Toronto-area lumber company has been fined $75,000 after a worker was critically injured while unloading large beams from a delivery truck more than three years ago. The ministry says the worker was delivering lumber that was loaded in a truck with a 5.5-metre bed, which included two 8.5-metre beams of lumber placed at an angle on top of the other pieces. Article Continued BelowThe ministry says the worker lost balance and fell off the truck onto the driveway, a roughly 2.2-metre fall. As a result, it says the worker tried to do so by hand, which is unsafe.

Source: thestar March 13, 2019 21:33 UTC