Provincial court imposes fine and surcharge after conveyor accident
A Concord-based concrete forming contractor has been fined $55,000 after a worker was injured while cleaning a conveyor belt that was still in operation.
Camp Forming Ltd., located at 71 Creditstone Road, was convicted under Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act for failing to provide proper information, instruction, and supervision to protect a worker’s health and safety. The incident occurred on Feb. 28, 2024.
According to the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, the worker had been cleaning one of the rollers of a Telebelt telescopic boom conveyor with their upper body positioned beneath the main conveyor system. The worker’s coverall became caught in the moving belt, resulting in injury.
An investigation revealed that the worker had not received training on the safe use, care, or operation of the Telebelt conveyor system, aside from the general orientation provided by the equipment vendor at the time of delivery.
Following a guilty plea in the Provincial Offences Court in Newmarket, Justice of the Peace Rhonda Shousterman imposed the fine on Sept. 12, 2025. Crown counsel Alicia Gordon-Fagan and student-at-law Emily Jin prosecuted the case.
The court also applied a 25% victim fine surcharge, which will be credited to a provincial government fund to support victims of crime.
