MILTON, ONT. — Fidelity PAC Metals Ltd., a distributor of metal bars and pipes in Milton, has been fined following an incident where a worker was injured while taking inventory.
On Dec. 10, 2022, an administrative worker was helping take inventory in the warehouse’s bar storage area, explains an Ontario court bulletin.
While the worker was checking product tags on a lower rack, a forklift operator was removing a bundle of rods from an adjacent upper rack. This movement caused another bundle of bars to fall, injuring the worker who was taking inventory.
A Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development investigation determined the spacing between racks was inadequate, material was not properly centered and exclusion zones for pedestrian safety were not clearly identified.
Therefore, the company failed to ensure the measures and procedures prescribed by subsection 45(b) of Ontario Regulation 851/90 were carried out at the workplace, contrary to sections 25(1)(c) and 66(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Following the incident, the company implemented corrective measures, including realigning and spacing racks properly, marking exclusion zones and replacing damaged equipment, the bulletin notes.
Following a guilty plea in the Provincial Offences Court in Halton on July 24, 2025, Fidelity PAC Metals Ltd. was fined $60,000 by Justice of the Peace Marsha Farnand.
