Resolute FP fined for 2014 workplace injury in Iroquois Falls, Ont.

A workplace injury, at the now closed-down paper mill in Iroquois Falls, Ont. has leftResolute Forest Products with a $55,000fine.

It was in October 2014 when an employee suffered hand fractures while working on the winder of apaper machine.

The case was before the courts inTimmins, Ont.onThursday.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour investigation found the machine did not have the proper guard in place.

Investigators said two other areas on the equipment had pinch pointsor moving parts, which were also unguarded.

Resolute Forest Products pleaded guilty andwas fined $55,000 for the workplace accident.

Second fine for Resolute since January

This is the company'ssecond conviction and fine this year for a workplaceinjury.

In January, Resolute FP was fined $150,000after a worker was burned at the company'soperations in Fort Frances, Ontario.

That accident also happenedin 2014.

The paper mill in Iroquois Falls shut down last year.