One person is dead and the Ministry of Labour is investigating after what police say was a fatal workplace incident at a business in Lucan Biddulph.
Emergency crews including Middlesex OPP, the Middlesex-London Paramedic Service and Lucan Biddulph Fire responded to the business on Breen Drive around 9:20 a.m. Monday, police said.
Few details have been released about the incident, but police say one person was pronounced dead at the scene as a result.
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In a statement, a Ministry of Labour spokesperson identified the business involved as OJB Industries, which describes itself online as specializing in equipment for the dairy industry.
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A police spokesperson said in an email that investigators determined the incident was non-suspicious and that it had been handed off to the ministry. Officers were attempting to locate next of kin.
Two inspectors with the Ministry of Labour have been assigned to the investigation, the ministry spokesperson said.
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