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Worker Killed In Fall At BC Residential Construction Site

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 27 Mar, 2018 11:55 AM
    PENTICTON, B.C. — An investigation is underway after a man died at a construction site in Penticton, B.C.
     
    The RCMP say officers were sent to the site Sunday evening after receiving reports that a man's body had been found.
     
    Police say the 59-year-old worker had fallen from a structure at the site.
     
    Police say his death has been deemed an accidental, work-related fatality, and the coroner's service and workers' compensation board are investigating.

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