A 32-year-old Arthur man sustained life-threatening injuries in an industrial accident Tuesday morning.

At about 11:50 a.m., emergency crews responded to an industrial accident at a work site on Scane Road in Chatham.

The Ministry says it happened at Gerritts Drilling. The worker was operating a boom truck at the time of the incident.

Police say he sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported to the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance.    

The Ministry of Labour was contacted and has taken over the investigation.