OPG Fine

Ontario Power Generation has been fined one-hundred thousand dollars after pleading guilty to a violation under the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The violation related to a January 2008 workplace injury at its operating station in Atikokan in which an an employee suffered burns to his hand, arm and chest in January 2008 after shining a flashlight into an electrical unit that caused an arc flash of electricity.

It was revealed in court that the worker used a bypass key to circumvent a lockout system and opened the hatch door while the equipment was still energized.

A Ministry of Labour investigation found that the key used to bypass the system was available to all workers.