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Worker Seriously Injured by Robot at Auto Parts Assembly Plant

August 22, 2016

BRAMPTON, ON—Auto parts supplier Matcor Automotive Inc. has been fined $270,000 after a maintenance worker at its assembly plant here suffered a “devastating” injury involving a robot. MORE

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