A worker died on a construction site on Wednesday at Phillips Square in Montreal.
The worker is a subcontractor of the company Magil Construction. The death was reported on the spot.
For the moment, the company is able to confirm that the accident occurred between 11 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, when an object fell and struck the worker.
At a press scrum on Wednesday afternoon, the Minister of Labor, Jean Boulet, indicated that it was a man in his mid-twenties. Mr. Boulet offered his sympathies to the relatives and colleagues of the deceased worker.
The Minister of Labor was also at a meeting of the board of directors of the Commission for Standards, Equity, Health and Safety at Work (CNESST) to talk about the importance of prevention at this time. where the tragedy occurred.
“What we need now is to think about support, psychological help from work colleagues, family and loved ones to whom we of course offer our deepest sympathies,” he added.
In a press release, Magil Construction claimed to be working with CNESST investigators. “The site has been evacuated and we remind all our workers that they have access to psychological support,” the company also indicated.
The CNESST specified in an email that the inspectors are on site and that they “question witnesses and are interested in the working methods used, the equipment, the supervision of workers as well as their training and experience work”.