Worker in Delta dies after falling from ladder

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Posted June 24, 2014 4:24 pm.

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DELTA (NEWS1130) – It appears a head injury may have killed a worker in Delta.

“Our units responded to a business in Tilbury at around 2:15 this afternoon and it was for a report of a worker that had appeared to have possibly fallen off a ladder,” explains Delta Police Sgt. Sarah Swallow.

Swallow says the man died before paramedics arrived on scene.

WorkSafe BC is investigating.

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