province investigates after worker injured at windsor nextstar plant
the province’s labour ministry has launched an investig...
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a construction worker is shown at the giant nextstar energy battery plant in windsor on july 15, 2024.
dan janisse
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windsor star
the province’s labour ministry has launched an investigation into a workplace injury at windsor’s nextstar energy inc. battery plant. a worker sustained a “non-critical” injury at the construction site when a steel beam fell on their foot last tuesday (nov. 26), the ministry of labour, immigration, training and skills development said in an email to the star.
the ministry identified the worker’s employer as fm sylvan canada ltd.
an inspector from the ministry “attended the site, met with representatives from the employer and worker groups, and initiated an investigation,” it said.
as of friday, the ministry had not issued any orders or requirements of the employer. it said the investigation was ongoing.
construction of the giant east windsor facility began after the signing of a joint venture agreement between lg energy solution and stellantis in the summer of 2023.
the multibillion-dollar plant began producing battery modules in october and is scheduled to ramp up to begin manufacturing complete battery cells for stellantis by next summer.
at full production, it will have a capacity of 49.5 gigawatt hours annually. that equates to producing enough batteries to power 450,000 vehicles each year.
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the plant is expected to cost roughly $6 billion to build. roughly 2,000 people work on the 220-acre site.
four of the plant’s nine assembly lines to be constructed in the module plant will be in place by 2025. each will be able to produce 3,000 modules per day, giving the plant a capacity of 27,000 modules daily when fully operational.
earlier this month, a boeing-vertical 234ut helicopter placed large hvac units on the roof of the cell production plant.
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