A steel company has been fined 125 thousand dollars in connection with a bridge collapse near Lucknow.
Back in the fall of 2007 — a bridge was being built across 18 Mile River on Bruce Road 86 near Lucknow and it collapsed, seriously injuring several workers.
EFCO Canada — a supplier of steel form products — was found guilty of failing to supply equipment that was “capable of withstanding all loads that were likely to be applied to it. “
James McGerrigle — a professional engineer with the company — was fined 10 thousand dollars in relation to the same incident.
EFCO Canada provided the design plans and structural components for the support structure to hold up the bridge during its construction, while McGerrigle produced the design plans.
The fines were imposed by Justice Wayne Rabley in a Walkerton court.
In addition to the fines, the court imposed a 25-per-cent victim fine surcharge, as required by the Provincial Offences Act.
The surcharge is credited to a special provincial government fund to assist victims of crime.
