Canadian Printer Owned by Vertis Fined $60,000 After Worker Injured

ST. CATHARINES, ONT—June 11, 2012—American Color Graphics, doing business as Vertis Communications, a printing company from the United States, was fined $60,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a young worker was injured.

On August 24, 2010, at the company's facility in Stevensville, Canada, there was a jam in a printing press. Workers shut down the press and engaged a safe button to prevent the machine from restarting as they looked for the jam.