06-23-2006, 12:07 AM
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A worker accidentally tripping a shut-off
switch at a major Ontario plastics plant will cost Nova Chemicals Corp. $11
million in lost profit, the company said on Wednesday, because it won't be
able to fulfill some contracts because of the blunder.
A contractor's employee installing a structural steel platform at an
ethylene plant in Corunna, Ontario, mistakenly activated a process shutdown
switch on Monday afternoon, halting production and forcing two weeks of
repairs at the facility.
"The switch is a safety thing so if anyone sees something going wrong they
have the opportunity to shut down the plant," said Nova spokesman Greg
Wilkinson. "But that's not what happened here. It was not a safety issue. It
was simply inadvertent."
switch at a major Ontario plastics plant will cost Nova Chemicals Corp. $11
million in lost profit, the company said on Wednesday, because it won't be
able to fulfill some contracts because of the blunder.
A contractor's employee installing a structural steel platform at an
ethylene plant in Corunna, Ontario, mistakenly activated a process shutdown
switch on Monday afternoon, halting production and forcing two weeks of
repairs at the facility.
"The switch is a safety thing so if anyone sees something going wrong they
have the opportunity to shut down the plant," said Nova spokesman Greg
Wilkinson. "But that's not what happened here. It was not a safety issue. It
was simply inadvertent."
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