Regulator fines engineers 8 years after Mount Polley disaster

[dik]

Three engineers have been disciplined nearly eight years after one of Canada's worst mining catastrophes.
Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia, a provincial regulatory and licensing body, said in a statement that its years-long investigation into the Mount Polley disaster was among its most complex cases.
As a result, two former engineers have been ordered to pay a combined $226,500 while a third has been temporarily suspended and ordered to complete additional training.

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/regulator-fines-engineers-8-years-after-mount-polley-disaster-in-b-c-1.5817612

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-Dik

 

[CELinOttawa]

Reminds me of a disaster that happened while I was still in University: Westray.

In that the Royal Inquiry included my favourite quote about the "business" of Engineering:

"The Westray story is a complex mosaic of actions, omissions, mistakes, incompetence, apathy, cynicism, stupidity and neglect,"
Justice Peter Richard, 1997.

 

[miningman]

[jiustice delayed is justice denied

 

[skeletron]

As terrible as these accidents are, there are some real insights available in the reports. I believe that Dr. Morgenstern wrote the independent review report and it is quite a good read if you are into that sort of thing. It would almost be beneficial if there were actually seminars where they looked at these failures in depth, which may provide the defendents a chance to redeem themselves through peer-to-peer education.

 

[dik]

Got most of the reasons... I'd have used errors instead of mistakes... but OK

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[GregLocock]

"a complex mosaic of actions, omissions, mistakes, incompetence, apathy, cynicism, stupidity and neglect"

Those of us who hope to hold the flaming sword will recognise that.

Cheers

Greg Locock


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[dik]

...as miningman notes, I have no idea of why it took so long.

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[EdStainless]

I have been to seminars run by the CSB reviewing chemical incidents.
They are very interesting.
In many cases they investigate hundreds of separate issues.
And while there may be discrepancies in many of them, in the end it is usually only a hand full that contributed to the incident.
They say that there are no accidents, only errors of omission and commission.

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[GeoEnvGuy]

8 years after the fact they found the engineers had done something wrong, but still no environmental fines implemented for the owner. Granted rehabilitation has been ongoing but there was no fine issued.

https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com...-of-mt-polley-mine-dam-collapse-looms-3741058

 

[1503-44]

The engineers were fined.

A black swan to a turkey is a white swan to the butcher ... and to Boeing.