Posted on 09/30/2011, 1:44 pm, by mySteinbach

A Virden man is dead after being overcome by gas at an oil company work site earlier this week in the RM of Pipestone, Manitoba.

On September 29, 2011, at about 1:30pm, Virden RCMP as well as local Emergency Services were dispatched to the scene of a fatal workplace accident in the RM of Pipestone, Manitoba.

Initial investigation indicates that a 68-year-old man from Virden, Manitoba, had been working at an oil company work site when he entered a building and was overcome by gas. He was pronounced deceased at the scene.

RCMP and Manitoba Workplace Health and Safety continue to investigate.