Bruce Power worker injured at Bruce Nuclear site

A Bruce Power worker has been injured at the Bruce Nuclear site.

John Peevers, communications and media relations manager, said that earlier today (March 26), an employee, working on an electrical maintenance activity as part of the Unit 5 outage on the non-nuclear side of the plant, received an electrical contact.

The worker was transported to an off-site medical facility and is being treated for injuries, said Peevers, adding that throughout the response, the worker's condition remained stable.

"Bruce Power takes any safety event very seriously and immediate actions have been taken to prevent reoccurrence with other workers carrying-out similar work," Peevers said. "Any type of workplace injury that occurs on the site is viewed by Bruce Power as preventable."

He said the company has notified the Ontario Ministry of Labour and will continue to investigate the matter to obtain all the facts with a focus on prevention and continuous improvement based on this experience.