A Quebec service company was fined $80,000 after a worker was critically injured in a workplace accident near Iron Bridge in 2023.
According to a Ministry of Labour, Training and Skills Development news release, a worker was hurt after being struck by a failing sole plate. According to the ministry release, on the day of the accident, two millwrights were correcting an installation performed earlier, of three metal sole plates to the underside of a stator frame.
The millwrights began correcting the orientation of the metal keys. On the first sole plate one of the millwrights, under the direction of the other, began loosening the bolts that held the sole plate to the stator frame.