Two local companies have been charged following a year-long investigation into a Petrolia industrial accident.
A worker's foot got caught in a moving press at Sof Surfaces last October.
The Ontario Ministry of Labour has charged Sof Surfaces Inc. of Petrolia and Express Employment Services of Sarnia under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.
In an email to BlackburnNews.com, spokesman William Lin says five charges were laid against Sof Surfaces on Discovery Line, particularly, failing to provide adequate information, instruction or supervision to a worker cleaning the C2 Carousel and Press and failing to ensure a worker was kept a safe distance before any movement of the C2 Carousel and Press.
Express Employment Services faces one charge of failing to provide adequate information, instruction or supervision to a worker.
Both companies are scheduled to appear in Sarnia Court January 9, 2015.