Wal-Mart Canada Corporation has been fined $60,000 after a worker at the Brampton Supercentre location tripped on the job and died in hospital two weeks later.

A provincial government press release issued on Thursday states the Brampton worker was off-loading a pallet of paper onto a pump truck on September 20, 2013 at the 70 Coventry Road location. While walking backwards, he tripped on an empty pallet that was left on the floor and fell. He complained of a head injury and called in sick the next day.

Two weeks after the incident, he passed away in hospital.

After a three-day trial, Wal-Mart was found guilty of violating section 11 of Regulation 851 (the Industrial Establishments Regulation), which states a floor or other surface used by any worker shall be kept free of obstructions and hazards.