New A Contractor's Overweight Excavator Crashed Through The Decking Of The Century-Old Covered Couple Spanning The Hammond River End Year, Straight Off This Effect Is Inwards Court

The subdivision hired the contractor to deport repairs to the decking of the Hammond River No. 2 Bridge, which was built inward 1912.

The excavator was carrying a heavy charge of woods when it crashed through as well as got stuck, suspended betwixt the deck as well as the embankment below.

The span had a weight boundary of 12 tonnes, according to a posted sign. The 312C L excavator is listed every bit weighing to a greater extent than than xiii tonnes on the manufacturer's website.

The Department of Transportation as well as Infrastructure failed to accept adequate steps to ensure the security of people during repairs to the covered span inward French Village concluding fall, WorkSafeNB alleges inward charges put before this week.

The subdivision is defendant of failing to accept every reasonable precaution to ensure the wellness as well as security of its employees, besides every bit the the wellness as well as security of anyone having access to the projection site on Route 860 at the destination of French Village Road inward southwestern New Brunswick.

WorkSafeNB put the 2 charges nether the New Brunswick Occupational Health as well as Safety Act inward Saint John provincial courtroom on Wednesday.

The Department of Transportation as well as Infrastructure has non entered whatever pleas yet. Judge Marco Cloutier gear upward the affair over until Dec. xi

The novel span is expected to hold upward opened upward to traffic inward Jan 2018, the subdivision has said.



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