Schomberg Contractor Fined After TSSA Safety Investigation

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Toronto, ON, March 19, 2019) – Following a Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) investigation, Schomberg contractor Trisan Construction has been convicted of damaging a natural gas pipeline, contrary to the Oil and Gas Pipeline Systems Regulation (Ontario 210/01).

The charges were laid subsequent to a TSSA inspector's investigation of damage to a natural gas pipeline on Sunset Beach Road in Richmond Hill, Ontario in September 2015 when Trisan hit the pipeline with a shovel. On March 12, 2019, Trisan Construction was found guilty of damaging a pipeline and fined $20,000 plus the mandatory 25% victim fine surcharge, for a total $25,000.