Stoney Creek Beer Store fined $50,000

Brewers Retail Inc. has been fined $50,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a workplace incident.

On April 26, 2007, at a distribution centre near Hamilton, a worker was using a forklift to remove a pallet containing cases of beer from a rack.

The pallet bumped the rack and it became unstable.

The worker tried to restore support to the storage rack, but could not and several cases of beer fell and landed on the forklift.

The worker was able to jump from the forklift and was unharmed.

The Beer Store pleaded guilty to failing to ensure materials removed from a storage rack were removed in a way that would not endanger the safety of a worker.