A Halifax Provincial court fined three companies a combined total of $260,000 for health and safety violations related to the death of an engineer who drowned while working at a Nova Scotia Power reservoir in 2020.
Civil engineer Andrew Gnazdowsky, 26, was working for Brunswick Engineering and Consulting Inc. of Saint John, New Brunswick, which the court ordered to pay $102,000 in penalties for two violations of Nova Scotia’s Occupational Health and Safety Act.
Gnazdowsky died while recovering a piece of equipment underwater near the Marshall Falls reservoir on October 16, 2020. He was helping a colleague conduct a bathymetric survey at the site.
On July 3, the court also fined Gemtec Consulting Engineering and Scientists Ltd. of Fredericton $61,750, and Nova Scotia Power was fined $96,250.
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All three companies had been found guilty in August 2024 for failing to have proper rescue equipment on hand — such as a boat or life jackets.
The companies were also ordered to make a $10,000 contribution to a provincial trust fund that supports training, education and awareness projects.
