DRAGGING THE REPORT ON THE FORMWORKS COLLAPSE OUT OF NALCOR

Nalcor V-P Gil Bennett

One worker was taken to hospital and seven others received first aid on May 29, 2016 when a major section of the formworks collapsed, during a concrete pour at the site of the powerhouse on the Muskrat Falls project. 

Nalcor V-P Gilbert Bennett promised a full investigation and report. One year later, Nalcor is still ragging the puck, although — following some poking and prodding from this scribe — there are signs that one is finally forthcoming.  

The report ought to have been on Gil Bennett's desk within at most 48 hours of the collapse. In the real world of construction — not the one Gil inhabits, but certainly on the Hebron GPS (which reported no lost time accidents) — real managers and their senior bosses demand no less.