Maple Lodge Farms controversies
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2026
Maple Lodge Farms fined $500,000 over carbon dioxide worker injury
Fine or penalty
Maple Lodge Farms, a poultry processing and packaging company, pleaded guilty in the Provincial Offences Court in Brampton and was fined $500,000 plus a 25 per cent victim surcharge after a worker was critically injured by an uncontrolled release of more than 16,000 pounds of carbon dioxide at its Brampton plant on March 16, 2024. An investigation found no carbon dioxide sensor or alarm system was in place and the company failed to take every reasonable precaution to protect workers; the company later installed a permanent carbon dioxide sensor in the area.
Company response
Remediation — Maple Lodge Farms
After the incident, the company installed a permanent carbon dioxide sensor in the area.
Source excerpt
Maple Lodge Farms plead guilty in the Provincial Offences Court in Brampton and was fined $500,000 along with a 25 per cent victim surcharge, as required by the Provincial Offences Act.
Poultry processing and packaging company Maple Lodge Farms has been fined $500,000 after a worker was injured at the plant in Brampton more than two years ago.
An investigation found that there was no carbon dioxide sensor or alarm system in place to alert workers and the company failed to take every reasonable precaution to protect workers in the circumstances.