HALIFAX — Blasting at a Halifax-area quarry is on hold while labour officials investigate a mishap that showered a nearby apartment building with rocks.
A spokesperson for the provincial Labour Department says no injuries were reported Monday but the apartment building — which is across a major highway from the quarry — was damaged.
Photos in local media showed a broken window and at least one hole in the roof of the building, in the Clayton Park neighbourhood.
Labour spokeswoman Lisa Jarrett says her department has issued a stop-work order as occupational health and safety officers investigate what she called a "blasting incident."
She could not say how much rock hit the apartment building.
She says the debris has been collected as part of the investigation.
