BRAMPTON, Ont. — An Ontario company has been fined and two of its directors jailed, after pleading guilty on Jan. 13 to safety violations that led to the death of a warehouse worker. New Mex Canada Inc., an importer and retailer of furniture and accessories, was fined $250,000, and directors Baldev Purba and Rajinder Saini were each jailed for 25 days, Ontario’s Ministry of Labour (MOL) said in a statement. On Jan. 18, 2013, a worker was moving merchandise at the company’s warehouse using a combination forklift/platform called an order picker, the ministry explained. The order picker had been modified and had an additional platform supported by the forks that had been tack-welded to the manufacturer-equipper operator platform, but the added platform did not have a guardrail and the worker was not wearing fall protection or safety shoes. The worker was found dead on the floor; the cause of death was later determined to be blunt force trauma to the head. New Mex Canada Inc. was fined after pleading guilty to failing to provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker regarding fall protection and/or working from heights, the statement said. Purba and Saina pleaded guilty to failing to comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Industrial Establishments Regulation. Each director was ordered to served 25 days in jail, to be served on the weekends, and to take an oh&s course within two months.