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Worker blunder to cost firm $11m

Maybe I should send an application in to Nova Chemicals.  It looks like they could do with a bit of help in re-engineering their safety systems.

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From the BBC:

"A worker at one of Canada's largest plastics plants has cost the firm $11m (£6m) after tripping the shut-off switch by mistake.

Nova Chemicals has been forced to halt production for up to two weeks after the blunder at the Ontario plant.

A new steel platform was being put in when a contractor's employee hit a safety button, causing "minor damage".

A company spokesman said he felt some sympathy for the worker. "It has got to be very distressing," he said.

"The switch is a safety thing so if anyone sees something going wrong they have the opportunity to shut down the plant," Nova spokesman Greg Wilkinson told the agency.

"But that's not what happened here. It was not a safety issue. It was simply inadvertent."

Because of the repairs needed to rectify the damage caused by the shutdown at the ethylene plant in Corunna, 220 km (180 miles) south-west of Toronto, Nova Chemicals has declared "force majeure" on shipments of propylene and other products................................................................................

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/5107018.stm

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I know a bit about polypropylene, so it might be a good idea to do a bit more digging here.