A man has died following an incident with a forklift in east Ottawa Wednesday evening, in what the Ministry of Labour confirms is a workplace incident.

Paramedics said they received a call at about 6:30 p.m. about a man who was trapped under a forklift near the 2400 block of Sheffield Road, between Innes and Walkley roads in the Industrial Park area.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene, paramedics said.

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At about 9 a.m. Thursday, two Ministry of Labour vehicles were seen at a Cascades facility on Sheffield Road, alongside police cruisers and a firetruck.

"A ministry inspector has been assigned to investigate," a Ministry of Labour spokesperson told CBC News by email Thursday. "As the investigation is ongoing, no further de

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