By paNOW Staff

Backhoe operator found guilty in fatal Nipawin explosion

May 16, 2012 | 5:41 PM

A self-employed backhoe operator was found guilty Wednesday afternoon in connection to a gas explosion that killed two men.

Lorry Remier in 2008 was working in a vacant lot in Nipawin, Sask. when his backhoe ruptured a line.

Smoke from the ruptured line caused an explosion, killing Jack and Brent Boxall.

Remier was found guilty of two Occupational Health and Safety charges: digging too close to a natural gas line and endangering the safety of others.

SaskEnergy, a Crown-owned utility corporation, originally faced five charges after one of their workers was dispatched to the leak.

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Those charges were eventually stayed when an independent expert told the court it wasn't clear that SaskEnergy had done anything wrong.

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