By: Nick Liard

A spokesperson with the Ministry of Labour says a contract worker critically injured while working at Vale has died.

The male contractor working for Cecchetto and sons was sent to Health Science North yesterday after receiving critical injuries while working at Vale’s Centrals Tailings Area for the clean AER project.

A worker was pinned underneath the tires of a dump truck causing fatal injuries.

His name has not been released out of respect for the family,

Vale has offered services from its Critical Incident Stress Management Team to the contractors were working in the area and the Vale employees that responded to the scene.

The investigation is ongoing.