Worker fatally crushed beneath heavy equipment at Ontario Place redevelopments
A male construction worker was killed Tuesday when he was reportedly crushed beneath heavy equipment at the Ontario Place redevelopment site on the Toronto waterfront, emergency services say.
Toronto police said they received a call about the incident shortly before 9:40 a.m. and that the worker was pronounced dead at the scene.
A spokesperson for Toronto Fire said it appears some kind of heavy machinery toppled over and the worker was crushed beneath
The Ministry of Labour, which investigates all workplace deaths, has been notified and says two ministry inspectors visited the scene.
“A worker sustained fatal injuries as a result of equipment flipping over,” the ministry said in an email
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