Sunday, November 26, 2017

Worker was crushed to death by precast concrete slabs at Lafarge Precast Edmonton











A workplace death at Lafarge Precast Edmonton has triggered an investigation by Alberta Occupational Health and Safety.

OHS confirmed a worker died at the concrete facility on Saturday morning but declined to provide further details about the victim or what happened.

A spokesperson for Edmonton Fire Rescue Services said firefighters were called to the scene around 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning.

They arrived to find the man already deceased beneath some concrete rubble. The scene was held until OHS investigators arrived.

A crane operator from Lafarge was on-scene to help remove the rubble.

No details were given about what happened or whether any other employees were on-scene when the man died.

Lafarge Precast Edmonton is located at 4425 92nd Avenue.

Police were also called to the scene.

A spokesperson for Lafarge said the company is cooperating with the investigation.