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By Andrew Bates \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 \u00a022\/07\/2024 WorkSafeNB is investigating after a person died Thursday at a construction site for a turbine project east of Sussex. A subcontractor working on the Neweg Energy Project, 29 kilometres east of Sussex, died following an incident on July 18, according to Amy Pellerin of Natural Forces, a Halifax-based private power company. Construction work on the six-turbine project was halted immediately and reopened Monday following approval from WorkSafeNB, Pellerin said Monday. “Neweg Energy Limited Partnership was made aware of the terrible incident after the emergency services were contacted and we offer our most sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the individual who has passed,” Pellerin, the company’s director of Canadian development, wrote in a statement. WorkSafeNB communications manager Lynn Meahan-Carson… <\/p>\n

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By Andrew Bates \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter\u00a0 \u00a022\/07\/2024 WorkSafeNB is investigating after a person died Thursday at a construction site for a turbine project east of Sussex. A subcontractor working on the Neweg Energy Project, 29 kilometres east of Sussex, died following an incident on July 18, according to Amy Pellerin of Natural Forces, a Halifax-based private power company. Construction work on the six-turbine project was halted immediately and reopened Monday following approval from WorkSafeNB, Pellerin said Monday. “Neweg Energy Limited Partnership was made aware of the terrible incident after the emergency services were contacted and we offer our most sincere condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the individual who has passed,” Pellerin, the company’s director of Canadian development, wrote in a statement. WorkSafeNB communications manager Lynn Meahan-Carson... <\/p>\n

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