Construction worker dies after downtown industrial accident
Posted June 23, 2014 3:32 pm.
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A construction worker has died after an industrial accident in the city’s downtown core.
Paramedics say the man fell several floors at a building in the Bloor and Bay streets area.
Emergency crews were called to the scene at 65 St. Mary Street shortly before 3 p.m. Monday.
Co-workers say the man was installing railings on the 26th floor when he fell to the fourth floor mezzanine. They also say the man was wearing a safety harness at the time of the incident.
The man was later pronounced dead.
The identity of the man has not been released.
The Ministry of Labour has been called in to investigate.
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