Employer ‘did not provide adequate protective clothing to all workers engaged in furnace operations or working near a furnace’

Metex Heat Treating Ltd., a Brampton-based company specialising in the heat treatment of metal parts and fasteners, has been fined $144,000 after a furnace explosion left two workers seriously injured, the Ontario government announced.

The incident took place on January 5, 2023, at the company’s facility on Westwyn Court. According to the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development, the two workers were attempting to re-start a furnace that had been out of operation for several weeks. The furnace, which uses a combination of hydrogen gas for combustion and a petroleum-based oil quench tank, presented significant flammable hazards.

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