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A worker, 48, was killed on Monday, police say, after being struck by heavy equipment.
Today is the National Day of Mourning which aims to remember workers who have died or been injured at the job.
Police say they responded to a waste transfer facility on Strathearne Avenue in the city’s industrial sector at around 4:20 p.m. on Friday.
“The incident involved a commercial vehicle and heavy equipment operating at the site,” police say in a news release.
Police, emergency services and Hamilton fire found a man in “critical condition” and immediately started life-saving measures.
The man was taken to hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.
Police said the Ministry of Labour is assisting with the investigation and the Office of the Chief Coroner ordered a post-mortem examination.
The Hamilton & District Labour Council is hosting its Day of Mourning Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at city hall council chambers followed by a procession to the workers’ monument.
According to the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety’s (CCOHS) website, the Day of Mourning, which is marked yearly on April 28, is also a chance to renew commitment to improving health and safety and preventing further deaths.
There were 1,057 workplace deaths in 2023, according to the CCOHS.
The Parliament of Canada passed the Workers Mourning Day Act in 1991, making April 28 an official Day of Mourning, CCOHS said on its website. Today the Day of Mourning has since spread to more than 100 countries around the world and is recognized as Workers’ Memorial Day, and as International Workers’ Memorial Day by the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC).
