A 41-year-old Comox man died last Monday after a logging accident near Port McNeill.

The Port McNeill RCMP, WorkSafe BC and the BC Coroners Service are conducting concurrent investigations into the workplace fatality that claimed the man鈥檚 life.

According to a news release from Senior Media Relations Officer S/Sgt. Janet Shoihet, just before 12:30 on March 15, the Port McNeill RCMP received a report of a workplace fatality at a logging facility on Mount Connolly. 鈥淲hen RCMP officers arrived they discovered a 41-year-old man from Comox had died in the tragic incident. His identity will not be disclosed.鈥�

鈥淲hile the circumstances surrounding the man鈥檚 death remain under investigation, criminality is not suspected,鈥� states Sgt. Curtis Davis, detachment commander for the Port McNeill RCMP.

The release added that the BC Coroners Service and WorkSafe BC have been notified and are conducting their own, concurrent investigations into the incident.

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