Ontario man, 55, dies after accident at fish-feed mill in Truro

An Ontario man has died in an industrial accidentat a fish-feed millin Truro, N.S, police say.

Emergency workers responded toa report of an incident at Northeast Nutrition on Willow Street on Tuesday evening,Truro police said in a Facebook post.

A 55-year-old man suffered fatal injuries when a load of material shifted andtrappedhim, the post said.

Truro Police Chief David MacNeil said in an interview Wednesday the man was making a delivery to the facility when the accident happened.

"The gentleman was delivering some material to the plant. There was a dump truck type of an affair and the load shifted in thetruck and he was trapped in the load," said MacNeil.

He added that the man was not an employee ofNortheast Nutrition.

The Nova Scotia Department of Labour said in an email that since the location of the accident is in a federally regulatedwork site, the investigation is being led by Employment and Social Development Canada.

Samuelle Carbonneau, a spokesperson for the Department ofEmployment and Social Development,said in an emailed statement the man was an employee ofDouble S Agri Transport.

She said an investigation has been launchedunder Part II of the Canada Labour Code, which covers occupational health and safety. The investigationwill "determine the jurisdiction under which the employer falls," among other things, she said.

The man's family in Ontario hasbeen contacted, but police saidhis name is being withheld while they continue thenotification process.