A Hamilton steel processing company has been fined $200,000 after a worker was hit by a forklift and died in 2022.

Janco Steel Ltd. pleaded guilty in provincial offences court in April for failing to ensure a signaller was directing the forklift operator, who didn't have a full view of the area — a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, said a Ministry of Labour court bulletin released Thursday.

Justice of the Peace Butany-Goyal ordered the company to pay the fine plus a 25 per cent victim surcharge on April 2, 2025.

Janco Steel director Rick Nordeman said in an email Friday that the company's culture is "rooted in safety."

"The tragedy was devastating to the worker's family first and foremost, but also to his work family who cared for him deeply and continue to grieve hi

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