UPDATE: More details confirmed at 10:45 am on March 16.
A 23-year-old forestry worker was killed after a workplace incident this morning. The victim has been identified as Dan Vanheyst of Verona, Ontario.
Emergency crews were called to Waverly Street North, near Adelaide Avenue in Oshawa, around 8:45 am to treat a man who had been injured by a piece of machinery, a wood chipper.
An Eco Tree Service truck had tarp draping the machinery. The company is based in Kingston, according to https://www.ecotreecare.ca/.
Paramedics were treating his co-workers, who were in shock.
The Ministry of Labor is investigating the accident.
Police are asking people to avoid the area as Waverly is closed between Adelaide and Dundee avenues.
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