A “chemical incident” at a water therapy provider in Burlington, Ont., left a employee with life-threatening accidents on Thursday, in accordance with Ontario’s Ministry of Labour and native emergency providers.
Ryan Anderson, spokesperson for Halton police, mentioned officers and different first responders arrived at Management Chem Canada on Harvester Highway simply earlier than midday.
Management Chem Canada president Douglas Quick instructed CBC Hamilton in an electronic mail the corporate is doing its personal investigation alongside the ministry’s investigation.
“From what we all know at this level, one in every of our manufacturing batch makers was dishing out one materials right into a second bigger container,” Quick mentioned.
“He was overcome by fumes and fell.”
Tom Stirling, deputy chief of paramedic providers in Halton, mentioned the employee had “life-threatening accidents” and was taken to a neighborhood hospital.
Quick mentioned the employee continues to be within the hospital.
Ministry of Labour spokesperson Anuradha Dhar mentioned in an electronic mail the ministry was notified of the “chemical incident.”
Dhar mentioned a ministry inspector has been assigned to research.
“Because the ministry’s investigation is ongoing, we can’t present additional particulars right now,” Dhar added.
The ministry mentioned no orders or necessities have been issued to Management Chem since a minimum of final 12 months.
