PowerStream, Ministry of Labour investigating fatal electrocution

YorkRegion.com
Nov. 25, 2015
By Adam Martin-Robbins

The man who died as a result of an industrial accident in Vaughan Tuesday morning is a 24-year-old from Keswick, police have confirmed.

An employee of PGC Services, he was using a vacuum truck to do excavation work for new hydro poles in the Dufferin Street and Hwy. 7 area when the truck’s boom made contact with a high-voltage power line, according to PowerStream officials.

He has been identified on social media as Jake Gordon.

The man was electrocuted and suffered critical injuries, according to York Regional Police. He was rushed to hospital where he later died.

Officials with PowerStream, which contracted the work to PGC Services, offered their condolences in a new release issued Tuesday afternoon.

"PowerStream and its employees are deeply saddened by this loss of life, our thoughts and prayers are with his family, co-workers and friends at this most difficult time," Vaughan mayor Maurizio Bevilacqua, who serves as board chairman and Brian Bentz, president and CEO, said in a joint statement.

The Ministry of Labour is investigating the incident.

PowerStream`s Health and Safety department is also conducting an internal investigation.