Ministry of Labour investigates after several workers injured at Waterloo Brewing
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The Ministry of Labour says an investigation is underway after several employees were left injured by a workplace incident which occurred at Waterloo Brewing in Kitchener.
The Ministry of Labour says an investigation is underway after several employees were left injured by a workplace incident that occurred at Waterloo Brewing in Kitchener on Sunday night.
Waterloo Regional Police say emergency services were called to the brewery on Sunday night at around 7 p.m., for an industrial incident.
They say five employees were sprayed with a liquid which left them with various levels of burns.
Police say a 49-year-old Kitchener woman was transported to an out of region hospital while a 38-year-old Kitchener man was taken to an area hospital with both having suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The other three victims were treated at the scene by paramedics.
The Ministry of Labour says an investigator has been assigned and a probe into the incident is underway.
Global News has reached out to Waterloo Brewing for comment about the incident.