ManitobaA court has ordered an American manufacturer to pay an $18,000 fine, after a worker injured their hand at one of its Manitoba plants in 2022.Worker suffered laceration, fractures after hand was pulled into moving parts on conveyor at ECBVerdyol plantCBC News · Posted: Dec 12, 2025 1:42 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 2 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.A file photo shows workers installing an erosion control blanket along a riverbank. An American-based manufacturer of the blankets has been fined after a worker was injured at one of its Manitoba plants in 2022. (Joe McDonald/CBC)A court has ordered an American manufacturer to pay an $18,000 fine after a worker suffered a a laceration and fractures to her hand at one of the company’s Manitoba plants in 2022.ECBVerdyol, a Kansas-based manufacturer that operates two plants in Manitoba, makes erosion control blankets and other products used to apply those coverings, the province said in a Friday news release.In March 2022, the worker’s hand was injured after it was pulled into moving parts on a conveyor system at the company’s plant in Riverton, Man., north of Gimli, according to the release.She suffered fractures to her right wrist and right-hand ring finger, as well as a laceration to her right middle finger.ECBVerdyol admitted to failing to provide required safeguards and pleaded guilty to a charge under Manitoba’s Workplace Safety and Health Act.The company was fined $18,000, and was ordered to pay an extra $2,000 to an education fund.The incident is a reminder for employers to make sure that their machinery and tools have safeguards to prevent workers from touching moving machine parts, Manitoba Labour and Immigration said in the province’s release.
American company fined $18K after worker’s hand fractured at Manitoba plant in 2022
