Charges pending after construction worker falls two floors at work site in Waterloo

By News Staff

Posted Apr 22, 2015 12:47:27 PM.

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Charges are pending after a construction worker fell two floors at a work site in Waterloo.

The incident happened just after 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday at 46 King Street, in Uptown Waterloo.

Police say the man fell from the second floor to the first floor of a building under renovation.

The 46-year-old Kitchener resident was taken to Grand River Hospital with serious non-life threatening injuries.

The Ministry of Labour has taken over the investigation.

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