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North Vancouver man dies on job site

A 29-year-old North Vancouver man died after falling down an elevator shaft at a Burnaby construction site Thursday afternoon.
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A 29-year-old North Vancouver man died after falling down an elevator shaft at a Burnaby construction site Thursday afternoon.

Justin Andrew Jeffries was working at the Station Square project site at 4688 Kingsway, where five towers are being constructed, when the accident occurred. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Jeffries was employed by Quolus Construction Services, a Delta-based company in operation since 1993.

WorkSafeBC has assigned two investigators to the case, as they try to determine what happened.

They will be interviewing witnesses, talking to supervisors and the employer and reviewing the initial RCMP report as well as the coroners’ report — to determine if there were any violations of the Workers Compensation Act or occupational health and safety regulations.

The coroners service is also investigating the accident.