(SUDBURY, ON) The Ministry of Labour has confirmed that an employee working for Cecchetto and Sons that sustained critical injuries Thursday has succumbed to injuries in hospital.

MOL officials confirmed Friday afternoon that the worker became pinned under the wheels of a dump truck causing critical injuries that ultimately proved fatal.

The Ministry of Labour, Sudbury Police, Vale and other contractors are investigating the incident. No orders have been issued at present.

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An employee working for Cecchetto and Sons sustained critical injuries during the disposal of waste materials in the Central Tailings Area for the Clean AER project yesterday afternoon.

Greater Sudbury Police were called to Vale's Copper Cliff complex shortly after 2:30pm on Thursday to provide traffic management for EMS services while on route to Health Sciences North.

In an earlier press release this morning Vale said the individual is currently receiving medical care in the intensive care unit of Health Sciences North.

The name of the employee is being withheld out of respect for the family. Vale has offered the services of its Critical Incident Stress Management Team to the contractors that were working in the area and the Vale employees that responded to the scene.

“Our thoughts are with the family, co-workers and friends of this individual,” said Dave Stefanuto, Vale’s Vice-President of North Atlantic Projects. “We are doing everything we can to support them and to better understand what happened during this incident.”