51-year-old Hamilton man killed in industrial accident at National Steel Car
Police say a large metal item struck and killed the worker
The Ministry of Labour is investigating an industrial accident at National Steel Car in Hamilton that killed a 51-year-old worker.
Hamilton police say officers responded to reports of an accident from the steel car maker on Kenilworth Avenue North shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
Dave Thompson, Hamilton Paramedic Service superintendent, told CBC paramedics arrived about an hour later.
Police say the initial information described a large metal item striking, and killing, the 51-year-old. He was working with the item that struck him.
Thompson said the man had traumatic injuries and no vital signs when paramedics responded, prompting them to pronounce him dead on the scene.
Police confirmed the cause of the incident.
Officers reached out to the man's family and ended their investigation, but the Ministry of Labour is doing its own probe.
According to the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB), in 2019 there were 55 people in Ontario who died as a result of an injury at work.
The WSIB said that over the last ten years 90 percent of all of the workplace-related deaths happened to men, mostly those between the ages of 55 and 59.