Worker’s Electrocution Results in $42,000 Fine

A worker inspecting a railcar was electrocuted while attempting to remove foreign material located below a power line. His employer pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that a worker didn’t work within 4.6 metres of an exposed energized conductor. The court fined it $42,000 [Bunge Canada Holdings I ULC, Govt. News Release, Feb. 8, 2012].