Topic: Stupidity
An electrical contractor working inside a Canadian chemical plant decided to flip a shutdown switch, stopping production for at least two weeks and doing a large amount of damage to the machinery. The company, Nova Chemicals Corp., said in a statement they will lose about $11 million in revenue while repairing the machinery affect adversely when the emergency shutdown switch was turned to the off position."The switch is a safety thing so if anyone sees something going wrong they have the opportunity to shut down the plant," said Nova spokesman Greg Wilkinson. "But that's not what happened here. It was not a safety issue. It was simply inadvertent."
There hasn't been word yet on whether or not the contractor who initiated the shutdown lost his job or not, but Wilkinson did say he felt sorry for the guy, since it obviously not intentional. We know someone that got fired for stealing an ink cartridge, so we can imagine an $11 million screw up would probably end your career there.
REUTERS via YAHOO! NEWS
Posted by James
at 11:27 AM CDT
