Tolko Industries, which owns the Lavington Planer Mill where an 18-year-old man died on Saturday, has issued its first public statement since the fatal accident.
Tolko President and CEO Brad Thorlakson says Bradley Haslam was a clean-up crew worker.
He says Haslam died after becoming caught in a conveyer belt at the mill.
In the statement, Thorlakson says the clean-up shift supervisor found him in the conveyer belt, along with two other workers who attempted save Haslam’s life.
Doctors at Vernon Jubilee Hospital declared Haslam dead shortly after arrival.
The CEO also re-iterated that 'safety is at the core of Tolko'.
Worksafe BC and the Regional Coroner’s Office are investigating the death.