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Tire shop death ID'd

UPDATE JAN 29, 2015:

The Kamloops man who lost his life in a tragic workplace accident has been identified by the BC Coroners Service.

Nicklas Jay Kristen Taylor, 36, was a foreman at the Fountain Tire facility on Lafarge Road.

Taylor was found deceased at the scene at around 6 a.m. He was unloading a trailer-load of tires when he somehow became trapped by a very large tire.

The BC Coroners Service and WorkSafe BC continue to investigate this death.


ORIGINAL JAN 27, 2015:

A Kamloops man died after his body was discovered trapped between a large tire and truck Tuesday.

The man, who has not yet been identified, was working on a delivery at the Fountain Tire store on Lafarge Road in Kamloops when the accident took place.

“No one saw it from what we can determine so far, but that may come out as the investigation unfolds,” explains Scott McCloy, media relations for WorkSafeBC.

It is believed the man had already succumbed to his injuries when his trapped body was discovered, but McCloy says that will be officially determined by the B.C. Coroner's Service.

The file has now been turned over from the RCMP to WorkSafeBC. It will work to determine how the accident occurred.

"We will try to get this done as quickly as we can and as carefully as we can, as we recognize a lot of people are very concerned about this,” says McCloy. “Not just the workers on site and the employer, but the families as well. Our hearts really go out to the workers at the site and, of course, the fatally injured worker and his family.”

McCloy says an occupational safety officer and an Investigations Officer arrived late Tuesday morning to begin the process of determining what happened, why it happened and how it can be prevented from happening in the future.

“It is a real concern for us.”



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