The Ministry of Labor and the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) are investigating after a man was killed while trapped under a garage door at a job site in Caledon on Thursday.
This marks the second fatal workplace accident in the city this month.
According to a release issued by the OPP, at approximately 3:20 p.m., officers responded to a commercial location in the area of Airport Road and King Street for reports of an unresponsive male.
Upon arrival, officers found a man trapped under the garage door, the release said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The name of the deceased is being withheld so that next of kin can be notified, police said.
The Department of Labor and the federal Department of Labor have been notified and are investigating.
The Coroner’s Office and the OPP Forensic Identification Unit are also assisting in the investigation, according to the release.
On June 1, a man was hit by an excavation truck at a work site on Abbotside Way. He was also pronounced dead at the scene.
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