WorkSafeNB is investigating a fatality at the Eel Ground First Nation Reserve, near Miramichi, that claimed the life of a 32-year-old man.
Mike Holmes was using a torch to cut up a trailer for salvage when it collapsed and crushed him.
WorkSafeNB health and safety officers are investigating in co-operation with the RCMP to determine how the accident could have been prevented and whether there were violations to the Occupational Health and Safety Act.