WINDSOR, ONT. -- The Ministry of Labour says a Harrow manufacturer has been convicted and fined $40,000 after a worker was injured by a steel bar.

Sellick Equipment Ltd., was fined related to the incident on Nov. 23, 2018.

The MOL says a worker suffered critical injuries when a steel bar fell from an industrial magnet. The report says the employer had failed to maintain a lift magnet in good condition.

The court also imposed a 25 per cent victim fine surcharge as required by the Provincial Offences Act.