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Andrew Gnazdowsky, 26, drowned on Oct. 16, 2020, while trying to retrieve a piece of floating surveying equipment that had malfunctioned in the Marshall Falls reservoir in Sheet Harbour, N.S.

Nova Scotia Power properly examined the risks related to a dam survey project three years and shouldn't be found guilty of regulatory charges related to a drowning at the site, a lawyer for the company argued Wednesday in a Halifax courtroom.

Closing arguments are expected to wrap up on Wednesday in the case of an engineer who died at a Nova Scotia Power reservoir three years ago.

Nova Scotia Power was one of three companies in provincial court Monday facing multiple Occupational Health and Safety Act charges after a worker drowned in 2020 at one of the utilitys hydroelectric dams.

Nova Scotia Power is one of three companies facing numerous charges under the Occupational Health and Safety Act in connection with the 2020 workplace death of engineer Andrew Gnazdowsky in Sheet Harbour, N.S.

The family of a man who drowned last year in an industrial accident in Sheet Harbour, N.S., is preparing to launch legal action against the provincial government and the companies responsible for the work.

Posted: May 12, 2021 6:00 AM AT | Last Updated: May 12 Andrew and Nicole Gnazdowsky on a family vacation in France. The pair stopped at this bridge because Andrew loved seeing feats of engineering up close. (Submitted by Nicole Gnazdowsky) When Nicole Gnazdowsky cant sleep, she often finds her mind turning to the sunny October day her younger brother, Andrew, drowned at work.  The civil engineer from New Brunswick had been trying to swim out to retrieve a piece of surveying equipment about 1...