Update April 7 at 11:20 a.m.
The Ministry of Labour has confirmed the incident was fatal. Read here.
Original story:
An employee working for Cecchetto and Sons sustained critical injuries during the disposal of waste materials in the Central Tailings Area for the Clean AER project Thursday afternoon, Vale said in a press release issued early Friday.
The individual is currently receiving medical care in the intensive care unit of Health Sciences North, the press release said.
The name of the employee is being withheld out of respect for the family, said the company. 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.
“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.”
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.
Sudbury.com has a call into the Ministry of Labour to find out more about the investigation.
