A commercial food processing company was ordered to pay $ 330,000 after one of its workers is trapped in a smoking room and died.
Based on Ontario Sofina Foods Inc. was ordered by a judge on Thursday to put the money to a workplace training program.
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The decision comes one day after Sofina pleaded guilty to a violation of occupational safety while the other 25 accusations against society were withdrawn.
Sofina was charged after the death of Samir, 32, died in March 2023.
The court learned that he had gone to check the temperature of the gas smoker, which had been loaded the previous night with meat.
Due to problems with the door safety mechanisms, Subedi has become trapped in the smokinger while the temperature has climbed to 92 C, and he died of an exposure to heat.
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