An eastern Ontario company has been fined $60,000 for its role in an accident that led to the death of a worker in 2019.

ThermoEnergy Structures Inc., which is based in Braeside, Ontario, entered a guilty plea in a Belleville court for violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The incident occurred at a site in Stirling-Rawdon Township, north of Belleville in August 2019.

A contractor employed by ThermoEnergy Structures Inc. was helping assemble and erect an industrial type/style barn. This involved working from the bucket of a bucket truck.

While assisting in the erection and assembly operations from the interior of the structure under construction, the worker fell from the bucket to the ground sustaining critical injuries.

The worker was taken to a nearby hospital, and was pronounced dead from complications resulting from their injuries two weeks later.

An investigation by the Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development concluded that the worker was not wearing fall protection at the time of the fall.