News Release WorkSafeNB investigates workplace fatality – Mike Holmes

July 16, 2010

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.

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