UPDATE: 6 p.m.
A worker who fell to his death at Sendero Canyon over the weekend fell just one storey, but reportedly hit his head on a rock, according to an executive with the project.
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Ewen Stewart, president of Azura Management, one of two companies running the Sendero Canyon project, said he has only heard third-hand about the incident. He got reports from supervisors of the construction site, who got a call from emergency crews on Sunday.
Those supervisors called WorkSafeBC, and officials promptly came out to the site and interviewed people involved.
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Stewart added the roofer, a subcontractor with another company, does not appear to have called the company he works for either.
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He added the company holds weekly safety meetings and has a full-time safety person and regular reports with the WorkSafeBC.
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Stewart said he is awaiting a WorkSafeBC report to get more information about the incident.
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UPDATE:
Penticton RCMP is assisting the B.C. Coroners Service and WorkSafeBC to investigate the death of a worker at the Sendero Canyon residential development.
Police attended the scene at about 8:45 p.m. Sunday after receiving reports that a dead male had been found.
Police say they have confirmed the 59-year-old man害羞草研究所檚 death was a result of a worksite-related incident, having fallen from a structure on the site.
Police are not releasing anymore information at this point.
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ORIGINAL:
A worker was found deceased at a construction site in Penticton, according to a report from WorkSafeBC.
A media relations officer for WorkSafeBC said their preliminary report indicates they were contacted at 9 p.m. on Sunday, March 25 and RCMP reported a worker was found deceased at Sendero Canyon.
WorkSafeBC is investigating.
