Worker was struck by a piece of metal that detached from the upper floors of a building under construction
One construction worker died from an incident at a site in Quebec this week.
The incident happened on Wednesday at Phillips Square in Montreal, according to reports.
The incident happened between 11 a.m. and 11:15 a.m., noted The Canadian Press (CP). The worker was struck by a piece of metal that detached from the upper floors of a building under construction, according to a report from the Montreal Gazette.
The worker was declared dead on the scene.
“CNESST inspectors are on site to secure the area, examine the scene and gather information in order to determine the circumstances around this workplace accident,” spokeswoman Marie-Claude Normandin said, according to the Montreal Gazette report.
The construction worker was in his mid-20s and was a subcontractor for Magil Construction, according to the CP report posted on CTV News.
"A tragic accident occurred today, resulting in the death of a subcontractor employee working with our company," the company said, according to a CBC report.
"The site has been evacuated, and we remind all our workers that psychological support is available to them. Most importantly, we wish to extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of the deceased employee."
The Commission des normes, de l’équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) – Quebec’s workplace health and safety board – is investigating the construction worker’s death.
“CNESST inspectors are on site to secure the area, examine the scene and gather information in order to determine the circumstances around this workplace accident,” spokeswoman Marie-Claude Normandin said, according to the Montreal Gazette.
Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet, who happened to be at a meeting with the board of directors of the CNESST nearby, expressed his sympathies to the family of the worker.
"I learned with enormous sadness the death of a worker in his mid-20s, and I want to offer my condolences to his colleagues, his loved ones and his family," Boulet said, according to CBC.
Boulet had been meeting with the CNESST’s board of directors to talk about the importance of prevention at the time of the tragedy, noted the Montreal Gazette.
“What we need to do now is to think about support, psychological help, for his colleagues, his family and those close to him, to whom we offer our deepest sympathies,” he said, according to the report.
