Two workers have been injured — one critically — after an electrical cable snapped on the Burlington Lift Bridge.
Halton Regional Police said three workers were on bridge scaffolding when the incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The bridge is being refurbished.
One was rushed to hospital in with life-threatening injuries, while another suffered minor injuries and has also been hospitalized.
Police said it wasn’t yet clear how the workers were injured.
They said the cable broke loose, falling into the water.
Traffic in the area has resumed but the bridge is closed to large ships.
The Ministry of Labour has been called in.
Work began earlier this week to replace the bridge’s controls, drives and cables.
The replacement of key components of the lift system is designed to extend the serviceable life of the bridge, which opened in 1962.
With files from The Canadian Press