BRAMPTON, Ont. – An automaker has been fined $140,000, plus a standard victim fine surcharge, for its role in a workplace accident that left an employee unconscious and injured at its Brampton assembly plant on July 26, 2015. That day, three workers with FCA Canada Inc. were performing annual preventative maintenance on the clutch of a D-Line Press, a machine that helps build vehicle panels, according to a court bulletin from the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL). While the employees were removing bolts from the clutch, two bolts sprung out at a high speed, and the clutch spring assembly struck one worker in the head. The MOL investigated the incident and determined that the bolts were deteriorating and fracturing from the force applied to the clutch spring assemblies during every press cycle. FCA later pleaded guilty in the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton to failing to take every precaution reasonable to protect its employees, and Justice of the Peace Samantha Burton passed sentence on Sept. 27 of this year.