Bruce Power is responding to a recent Toronto Star story about a crane accident at the site.
Manager of Government Relations Ross Lamont says on May 12th, the brake on a crane failed, causing a load to shift and then fall.
No workers were hurt in the accident.
He says the brake failure was caused by a manufacturers defect and that the Toronto Star reported the story inaccurately on June 29.
Lamont says Bruce Power notified the Ministry of Labour which then determined an investigation was not necessary, but contract employees inappropriately gave documents connected to the situation to the Toronto Star and the Ministry has since decided to investigate based on that information.
Bruce Power has also conducted its own extensive investigation, including of the other cranes on-site.
Lamont says the news article’s claim that there is no culture of safety at Bruce Power is not true and that safety is the most important thing for the company.
He says when a headline appears that suggests something that isn’t true, it causes people to think and gives ammunition to those who don’t want to see Bruce Power or the nuclear industry be successful.
Lamont says having the Ministry of Labour investigate is no problem, because Bruce Power already notified them about the accident willingly in the first place.
However, he says the way the investigation has been brought about is unfortunate along with the pressure felt by people from something that didn’t need to be the way it is.