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Ministry of Labour fines OPG for 2012 incident

ATIKOKAN, Ont. -- Ontario Power Generation has been hit with a major fine. It comes over a failure to follow approved safety procedures at the Atikokan Generating Station.

ATIKOKAN, Ont. -- Ontario Power Generation has been hit with a major fine. 

It comes over a failure to follow approved safety procedures at the Atikokan Generating Station.

According to a news release issued by the Ministry of Labour Thursday, the offence occurred in November of 2012 as two workers attempted to remove gasket material from a pipe in the plant.

Work was stopped when it was determined no efforts had been made to to conduct required tests to ensure the material did not contain asbestos. 

As a result, OPG has been handed a $40,000 fine, along with a further ten-thousand dollar victim surcharge penalty.

(TBT News)




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