The Nova Scotia Labour Department's senior executive director of safety says an "unthinkable act" could have occurred if workers had been in the Donkin coal mine access tunnel just 90 minutes earlier.
Documents obtained by Canada’s National Observer through a freedom of information request detail an injury to a worker and multiple safety infractions relating to methane monitoring and fire hazards.
Cape Breton mine operator Kameron Coal issued fines for allowing unqualified employee to perform electrical work and allowing unapproved devices into the mine.
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Andrew and Nicole Gnazdowsky on a family vacation in France. The pair stopped at this bridge because Andrew loved seeing feats of engineering up close. (Submitted by Nicole Gnazdowsky)
When Nicole Gnazdowsky can t sleep, she often finds her mind turning to the sunny October day her younger brother, Andrew, drowned at work.
The civil engineer from New Brunswick had been trying to swim out to retrieve a piece of surveying equipment about 100 metres from the shoreline of a Nova Scotia reservoir when he ran into some kind of trouble.
As a team of divers recovered the 26-year-old s body last fall, his sister dipped her toes in the water at the Marshall Falls beach, not far from the dam that is part of Nova Scotia Power s Sheet Harbour hydroelectric system. Off in the distance, she could see homes with docks jutting into the water.