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Leamington greenhouse fined $120K following electrocution death

A Leamington cucumber greenhouse faces a $120,000 fine after a worker received an electrical shock and died on the job in 2018.

The company pleaded guilty on Friday to failing to ensure electrical equipment was locked out when a worker was handling equipment during a project in November 2018. 

Workers had been adding to an existing production greenhouse located near 834 Mersea Rd. 4, the Ministry of Labour said in a news release. A worker was rearranging wiring and doing breaker work, as well as connecting wires to an electrical panel located in an electrical room.

Read more at the Windsor Star (Taylor Campbell)

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