Manitoba addressed a case of a worker for Arne’s Welding Ltd. who was injured while operating a horizontal band saw in June 2017.

While making angled cuts, a piece of metal fell into the cutting area and the worker tried to push it away with a brush.

The blade of the saw caught the worker’s glove and pulled his hand in, resulting in a serious injury, the province said.

The employer pleaded guilty to “failing to ensure that a machine or tool was used or operated in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications,” the release stated, and was ordered to pay $25,000 in fines and penalties, plus $5,000 to the public education fund.