Sunwest Food Processors, which operates
as DC Foods of Waterloo, has been fined a total of $68,750 for an injury a
worker suffered last June 1.
The employee was forming patties from
frozen meat and stuck his hand into a hopper to push down meat when he was cut
by whirling blades.
DC Foods produces a wide range of
batter and breaded products on a range of protein, cheeses, seafood and
vegetable substrates.
The company has since hired a dedicated
health and safety officer and has given employees additional safety training.
The $68,500 includes a 25 per cent
victim surcharge.
Sunwest Food Processors Ltd. began in
British Columbia in 1983 and operates hatcheries, chicken farms, primary chicken
and other meat processing and further processing facilities.
DC Foods fits into the end of this
chain, operating out of a 50,000-square-foot facility to produce various
chicken, cheese, seafood and vegetable ready to eat/heat products.
