(HURON EAST, ON) - On Wednesday, May 31, 2018 at approximately 4:00 p.m. officers from the Huron County & Perth County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachments and Perth County Paramedic Services responded to an industrial accident that occurred at a business located on Amberley Road east of Molesworth.
Upon arrival officers and paramedics located an unresponsive male victim. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
The preliminary investigation has revealed workers had been using an excavator to install pillars around a well. While installing the last pillar, the pillar slipped out of the sling and struck the male causing fatal injuries.
The deceased has been identified as 28-year-old Nash AITCHISON from Lucknow.
The Ministry of Labour was contacted to assist with this investigation.