Cornwall Contractor Fined After TSSA Safety Investigation

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Toronto, ON, March 14, 2019) – Following a Technical Standards and Safety Authority (TSSA) investigation, Cornwall contractor Maylon Excavation Ltd. pled guilty to two counts 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 5th Street in Cornwall, Ontario in December 2016, and another incident of the same nature on Beach Road, Cornwall in June 2017. On March 5, 2019, Maylon Excavation Ltd. pled guilty to two counts of damaging a pipeline; they were fined $10,000 for each, plus the mandatory 25% victim fine surcharge, for a total $25,000.