Richmond-based Fine Choice Foods Limited has been fined with a high-risk violation that left a worker seriously injured.
According to WorkSafeBC, a worker at the food manufacturing facility was feeding dough into a noodle machine when they were caught in the gauge rolls, “sustaining serious injuries," which were not specified.
The machine’s movable barrier guard was “wedged open” during the incident and a stop-use order was issued for the machine.
“The firm failed to ensure that a machine safeguard was capable of effectively performing its intended function. This was a high-risk violation,” WorkSafeBC stated.
Fine Choice Foods Limited was fined $165,714.50 on Dec. 9, 2021.
This is the second penalty involving unguarded machinery that Fine Choice Foods Limited has received.
The company was fined more than $69,000 in 2020 when it was determined by WorkSafeBC that a worker was injured after being struck by the mixing blade of an unguarded mixer.
