RUTHVEN, Ont. — Sun-Brite Foods Inc. was fined $70,000 on Feb. 9, after a seasonal farm worker was critically injured in an industrial accident. On Sept. 5, 2013, the Mexican seasonal worker was cleaning the “peeler room” of the company’s food processing facility near Ruthven, the Ministry of Labour (MOL) said in a media statement. The room contained tomato peeling machines, each with a waste chute connected to a trough, with a power screw auger pushing waste material through the trough. On the day of the accident, the worker was cleaning the area around one of the machines, but one foot slipped into the trough and became caught in the auger. The worker required partial amputation on the foot, the MOL said. A ministry investigation found that the peeler machine in question had been installed just two weeks prior to the accident. While steel mesh guards were affixed over the waste troughs of the three other machines, no guard had yet been installed on the newest machine, leaving the auger fully exposed.