Nalcor waiting for report on 'extremely upsetting' transmission tower deaths

The CEO of Nalcor says he is still waiting for a report on Monday'sdouble fatality on the job site of a hydro project.

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"We are a company that lives and breathes safety in everything we do. It's in our culture.So to have something like this happen is therefore extremely upsetting. Everyone at Hydro and Nalcoris devastated bythis event," Stan Marshall said Friday.

Two menTim McLean, 31, from Ontario and Jared Moffat, 34, from Saskatchewan died following the collapse of a transmission tower near Come By Chance.

They were part of a crew building a new 230 kilovolt line from the western Avalon Peninsula to Bay d'Espoir.

Marshall called the deaths a"tragic incident" and said Nalcor's first priority is to support the families.

He said the employer, Forbes Bros., has yet to finish its report.

"The contractor is primarily responsible and they have to investigate what happened out there We have assisted in every way we can. When we know what happened, we will make sure it is conveyed publicly," Marshall told reporters.

"I had expected by now to receive the report, but we haven't."

Marshall was asked whetherthe accident happened when crews were replacinga guy wire that was too short.

"That may well be the case, I don't know," he said. "A distinct possibility. I mean if the tower collapsed, it had to be because one of the guys [wires] let go, presumably, but I don't know."

Work on thetowers is halted while the investigation continues, but Marshall said other work on the transmission line has resumed.