Worker fatally crushed beneath heavy equipment at Ontario Place redevelopment

A male construction worker was killed Tuesday when he was reportedlycrushed beneath heavy equipment at the Ontario Place redevelopment site on the Toronto waterfront, emergency services say.

Toronto police said they received a call about the incident shortly before 9:40 a.m. and that the worker was pronounced dead at the scene.

A spokesperson for Toronto Fire saidit appears some kind of heavy machinery toppled over and the worker was crushed beneath it.

The Ministry of Labour, which investigates all workplace deaths, has been notified and saystwo ministry inspectors visited the scene.

"A worker sustained fatal injuries as a result of equipment flipping over," the ministry said in an email.