Worker seriously burned

By News Staff

Posted Oct 12, 2010 03:03:51 PM.

This article is more than 5 years old.

The Ministry of Labour is investigating an industrial accident in Waterloo.

Spokesperson Matt Blajer says a worker at a construction site on Ira Needles Boulevard was seriously burned today.

Blajer says the accident involved electrical contact.

No other details have been provided.

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