Update: April 7, 2:25 p.m.
Vale issued a statement this afternoon in regard to the Cecchetto and Sons employee that was fatally injured yesterday afternoon while working in the Central Tailings Area for the Clean AER project.
The name of the employee is being withheld out of respect for the family. Vale has offered the services of its Critical Incident Stress Management Team to the contractors that were working in the area and the Vale employees that responded to the scene.
“We are very saddened by this tragic event,” said Stuart Harshaw, Vice-President of Vale’s Ontario Operations in a news release.
“Vale has a long history of working with this local, family-run business and we can appreciate just how difficult this incident has been for the individual’s family, co-workers and friends.”
The incident investigation is being led by the Ministry of Labour with support from Greater Sudbury Police Services, representatives of Vale and the contracted companies involved.
Vale is also assembling a team to conduct its own investigation of the incident.
Original story:
The incident involving a contract worker on Vale property in Copper Cliff on April 6 was fatal, according to the Ministry of Labour.
MOL spokesperson Janet Deline said in an email statement Friday morning the contractor with Cecchetto & Sons, a civil construction services company, was pinned under the tires of a dump truck, “causing fatal injuries.”
She said the MOL was notified of the fatality at 10:15 p.m. Thursday.
A Ministry of Labour inspector was dispatched and attended the scene. No orders have been issued at this time, and the investigation is ongoing.
A press release issued by Vale earlier this morning, however, said the worker was receiving medical care in the intensive care unit at Health Sciences North.
“Our thoughts are with the family, co-workers and friends of this individual,” said Dave Stefanuto, Vale’s vice-president of North Atlantic Projects, in the press release.
“We are doing everything we can to support them and to better understand what happened during this incident.”
