Resolute fined for 2014 injury at Iroquois Falls mill.

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Resolute Forest Products has been fined $55,000 after a worker was injured at its Iroquois Falls paper mill in 2014.

In Oct. 23, 2014, a worker at the mill was working on the winder of paper machine number eight, waiting for a finished roll of paper to be ejected from the winder onto a transfer table.

One of the worker's hands was resting on top of a gate bracket when the transfer table raised automatically. As a result, the worker suffered fractures to the hand. No guard was in place to prevent access to this pinch point.

A Ministry of Labour investigation determined that two other areas where there was access to a pinch point or moving parts around the winder were also unguarded.

The manufacturer-issued operator's manual for the winder and a 2009 pre-start review...