Ontario Ministry of Labour. (Photo by Alexandra Latremouille)Ontario Ministry of Labour. (Photo by Alexandra Latremouille)
Chatham

Work Place Incident Prompts Investigation

A worker from the Great Lakes Food Company in Chatham is being cared for in hospital after the worker's arm was caught by a conveyor belt today.

In an email to BlackburnNews.com, the Ministry of Labour says it received a report of the incident where the employee was working on a fish conveyor belt before getting caught by the belt.

An inspector from the ministry has been sent to investigate.

There's no word yet from authorities as to the condition or identity of the worker.

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