Ontario's Ministry of Labour is investigating after a worker was critically injured in a fall at Suncor's Cedar Point II Wind Power Project in north Lambton Tuesday night. Lambton OPP and EMS responded to Ravenswood Line in Lambton Shores just after 7:15pm. Suncor spokesman Jason Vaillant confirms a worker was injured on their site. [audio mp3="http://blackburnnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Jason-1-confirms.mp3"][/audio] Labour ministry spokesperson Janet Deline says a worker fell from an elevated height within a turbine shaft. [audio mp3="http://blackburnnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Janet-1-edit.mp3"][/audio] The worker was airlifted to hospital. Other details including his name and age have not yet been released. Vaillant says Amec Foster Wheeler, the designated constructor for the Cedar Point project, is leading the response and investigation in co-operation with the labour ministry and regulators.
He says non-critical construction work was suspended Wednesday while the investigation continues. Deline said Wednesday that no stop-work orders had been issued by the ministry.
