A man of 73 years dies on the job

Caroline Lepage

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 21:27

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WATERVILLE | A man 73 years old which was still working seven days a week in its two companies, died Monday evening in his garage doing what he loved the most : work.

A delivery of tires has found the owner of Transportation Powell, Morven Albert Powell, who was trapped under a big piece of metal in his commercial garage in Waterville in the eastern Townships on Monday at 18: 30.

The death was recorded in the hospital afterwards.

According to the Committee on standards, equity, health and safety in the workplace (CNESST), Mr. Powell had a business of bulk transport and another who has rented containers.

The man was still working seven days a week and often until late in the evening.

“He could have retired, but he wanted to continue to work,” says René Chartier, owner of a garage in Waterville, who was well acquainted with the victim.

“It was a big working “, he added.

Piece of metal

The victim was alone at work when the accident occurred.

“The worker proceeded to cut a big piece of metal and a piece fell on him,” explained Julie Fournier, head of communications at the CNESST.

The organization has opened an investigation to better explain this tragic accident, which shakes the frame.

“During the summer nights I would hear him working late in the evening. It’s really sad, ” says a neighbor of the deceased, Rachel Jiannoulias.

She saw regularly Morven Albert Powell send him the hand to the edge of its trucks.

On the morning of Tuesday, the daughter of Mr. Powell was with his mother and did not wish to comment on the incident.

Appreciated

A neighbor, Karen Langlois, saw the relief come to the trade route 147. She was sorry to hear of the death of the man. Just before dinner, she had seen him move in the truck.

Another neighbor, Danny Booth, who knows the family, shared, Tuesday, the feeling of having lost a good business man, appreciated by his community.

“He went doing what he loved “, was consoling it.

This seventy-year-old, native of this village in the eastern Townships, did not hesitate to give blows of hand to those he could help, for example by lending its equipment.