Domtar, the owner of a paper mill where a major industrial accident took place Tuesday, confirmed Wednesday evening that one of two workers who were still missing has been found dead. A union said two men have died.
QUEBEC CITY -- Domtar, the owner of a paper mill where a major industrial accident took place Tuesday, confirmed Wednesday evening that one of two workers who were still missing has been found dead.
"Thank you to everyone who sent words of encouragement, positive vibes and prayers. After 40 hours of rescue, they finally found my brother, but he had already left for a better world, in heaven with our father," wrote the victim's sister, Kim Baillargeon, on Facebook.Baillargeon and another worker has been missing since scaffolding, several storeys high, collapsed early Tuesday at the Domtar paper mill in the town of Windsor, injuring 10 others as well.
"One death at work is always one death too many. All our sympathies to the families and relatives of the two victims."