TORONTO, CANADA - A construction worker died Monday after reportedly being crushed by a big concrete slab near Toronto’s waterfront.
Emergency personnel were called around 11:30 a.m. Monday for an industrial accident on a site where a condo building is going up at Lower Jarvis St. and Queens Quay.
“A panel had fallen on a worker there,” said Toronto Police Const. David Hopkinson. “The injuries were quite serious.”
Hopkinson said the worker was rushed to hospital on an emergency run, but pronounced dead soon after.
Ontario’s labor ministry was called in to investigate.
Joseph Mancinelli, vice-president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, told the John Oakley Show on AM640 it’s believed the worker was hit and crushed by a pre-cast concrete slab that had come off of a truck.
Mancinelli identified the worker as a 35-year-old pre-cast concrete erector with LiUNA Local 506.
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UPDATE: Worker dies, crushed by panel at Toronto construction site
by DCN News Services Mar 27, 2017
TORONTO—A construction worker has died as a result of injuries suffered when a pre-cast concrete panel fell on him Monday morning (March 27) at a downtown Toronto construction site.
The incident occurred close to 11:30 a.m. near the intersection of Lower Jarvis Street and Queens Quay East. A Ministry of Labour spokesperson indicated the worker was injured when the wall fell during unloading. The worker was rushed to a trauma center where he was pronounced dead.
Toronto Police said the man was in his mid 40s.
Two ministry inspectors and a ministry engineer have been assigned to investigate.
The intersection was shut down for the investigation.
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Police say a man has died following an industrial accident at a downtown construction site on Monday.
Emergency responders were called to the site near Lower Jarvis Street and Queens Quay just before 11:30 a.m.
Joseph Mancinelli, vice-president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, told the John Oakley Show on AM640 it’s believed the worker was hit and crushed by a pre-cast concrete slab that had come off of a truck.
Paramedics said the man did not have vital signs when he arrived at hospital.
Mancinelli identified the worker as a 35-year-old pre-cast concrete erector with LiUNA Local 506.
“When you hear about a 35 year old that’s not going to make it home to his family, it’s pretty heartbreaking,” he said.
The circumstances surrounding the man’s death are being investigated by the Ministry of Labour.