Man killed while building fence at northern Alberta worksite: OHS

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) is investigating the death of a 21-year-old man at a northern Alberta worksite earlier this week.

Just after 9 a.m. on Monday, RCMP were called to a worksite in Grimshaw, Alta. after a man was trapped under a skid steer.

A spokesperson with Alberta Labour told Global News workers at PGA Crop Inputs were using a track loader to build a chain-link fence when one of the workers was struck by the bucket of the loader.

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EMS were called to the scene but the man died of his injuries.

PGA Crop Inputs is a family owned business that sells seeds, chemicals, fertilizers and soil nutrients, according to its website.

No one else was injured in the incident. OHS said a stop work order was put in place on the equipment involved in the incident.

Grimshaw is located about 500 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.