Granite slab kills London worker in Kitchener, police say

Waterloo Regional Police say a London man has died after a large piece of granite fell on him in Kitchener on Monday morning.

Emergency crews were called to a countertop retailer on Manitou Drive at around 11 a.m. for reports of an industrial accident.

“Upon arrival, a male was located seriously injured after a large piece of granite slab that he was helping unload from a truck fell on top of him,” said Waterloo Regional Police spokesperson Cherri Greeno.

The victim, identified only as a 47-year-old London man, was pronounced dead at the scene, Greeno said, adding the victim worked for a London-based trucking company and had delivered the granite.

“How the accident happened and the circumstances surrounding that are still under investigation,” Greeno said.

Officials with Employment and Social Development Canada have been called in to take the lead on the investigation as the incident involved a trucking company.