51-year-old Hamilton man killed in industrial accident at National Steel Car

The Ministry of Labour is investigating an industrial accident at National Steel Car in Hamilton that killed a51-year-old worker.

Hamilton police say officers responded to reports of an accidentfrom the steel car maker on Kenilworth Avenue North shortly after 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Dave Thompson,HamiltonParamedic Service superintendent, toldCBCparamedics arrived about an hour later.

Police say the initial informationdescribed a large metal item striking, and killing,the 51-year-old. He was working with the item that struckhim.

Thompson said the man hadtraumatic injuries and no vital signs when paramedics responded, prompting them to pronounce him dead on the scene.

Police confirmedthe cause of the incident.

Officersreached out to the man's family and ended theirinvestigation, butthe 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 WSIBsaid 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.