A male worker has died, and a second male was sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, following an industrial accident at an aluminum plant in Vaughan, Ont. on the afternoon of March 1.

According to information from the Ontario Ministry of Labour (MOL), a rack containing window frames came loose and fell onto the two workers at Toro Aluminum, which manufactures window walls and doors for office buildings, condominiums and hotels.

Emergency medical services were dispatched to the scene immediately and tried to revive one of the men, but were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The other man was airlifted to a Toronto hospital with critical injuries.

York Regional Police (YRP) responded to the incident at about 4:45 p.m. that day, according to a YRP press release, which described both men’s injuries as “serious and crushing injuries.” Fire responders also attended the accident scene, the police added, as did a coroner later on.

The MOL received notification of the incident at about 5:30, noted William Lin, media representative with the ministry. “Our ministry dispatched an inspector to the scene immediately and issued a requirement to Toro Aluminum not to disturb the scene,” said Lin. “Our investigation is currently ongoing.”

The names and ages of the victims have not been released publicly, as is standard practice. But media reports have stated the hospitalized employee’s age as being in the 50s.

Lin could not ascertain whether this sort of accident was a common or typical danger at plants such as Toro’s. “I don’t want to characterize it in any way,” he said, adding that it was up to the MOL’s investigation to determine what had caused the incident.

Toro Aluminum was founded in 1979 and now has offices in British Columbia and Oregon as well as in Ontario. The company produces aluminum products for buildings across Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.