Baggage worker dies in workplace incident at Montreal-Trudeau airport | 24CA News

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Published 09.07.2023
Baggage worker dies in workplace incident at Montreal-Trudeau airport  | 24CA News

A employee has died following a tragic office accident at Montreal-Pierre Elliot Trudeau International Airport on Saturday, authorities have confirmed.

“The entire YUL airport community is in mourning today and we offer our sincere condolences to his family, loved ones and colleagues,” the airport’s president and CEO Philippe Rainville mentioned in an announcement on Sunday.

The worker, who labored for the corporate Equans Services which focuses on “equipment and solutions,” was a person in his 50s.


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According to the Commission for requirements, fairness, well being and security at work (CNESST), the incident occurred Saturday afternoon when the person, who was in control of baggage dealing with, took the harmful and deadly fall.

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The airport says it’s ensuring “to work with the partners involved in order to coordinate the presence of help and support resources for the personnel who witnessed this accident.”

CNESST inspectors arrived on web site to assemble info across the circumstances of the incident in addition to meet with witnesses and managers in cost.

The office loss of life will probably be investigated by both the CNESST or the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

Officials have but to find out if the investigation would fall below provincial or federal jurisdiction.

— with recordsdata from The Canadian Press

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