May 13, 2008
Ministry of Labour investigates death of worker at Murano South West job site
What caused a piece of metal to fall 20 storeys and kill a construction worker this week at a downtown work site has yet to be determined, reports the Ministry of Labour.
The 55-year-old construction worker was on the third floor of one of the two towers at the Bay and Grosvenor streets project site when the accident occurred around 3:30 p.m. on Monday, May, 12. He worked for University Plumbing and was the plumbing supervisor at the 825 Bay Street site, says Bruce Skeaff, spokesperson at the labour ministry.
“A piece of metal pipe, approximately 12 inches long, fell 20 storeys and struck him in the head,” says Skeaff.
The falling piece metal sliced through the worker’s hard hat. Emergency personnel arrived on scene and rushed him to St. Michael’s hospital where he later died from his injuries.
The Ministry of Labour is investigating and work on the site has stopped until their investigation is complete.
The last construction site fatality was only three weeks ago on Tuesday, April 22. Steven Lundy, 23, of Brantford, was working at a new sewage pumping station being built for Halton Region on Steeles Avenue near Sixth Line when he fell to his death.
Lundy was employed with Kingdom Construction Ltd. and was sweeping up on the roof of the concrete stormwater reservoir and fell 50 feet through an opening.
Work had been completed on a concrete wet wall and a general cleanup was underway when the accident occurred. Lundy was pronounced dead at the site. The labour ministry seized a wooden cover used to cover the roof opening during their investigation.
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