Montreal worker dies after arm caught in machine
by The Canadian Press
The company says that the cause of the accident remains to be determined and that it is fully co-operating with officials
MONTREAL—A 56 year-old man has died following an industrial accident at a plastics manufacturer in Montreal.
The unidentified man was an employee at a company called Nu-B in the city’s north end.
He had climbed a ladder to retrieve a plastic strip in a rotating mechanism when he became caught between the machine’s two rollers.
The man’s hand became stuck and his entire arm up to his mid-chest went through the rollers.
An ambulance official says the man was rushed to hospital in critical condition but he later died of his injuries.
The company says in a statement that the cause of the accident remains to be determined and that it is fully co-operating with police and Quebec’s workers’ health and safety board.
