SURREY 鈥� Three workers at Fraser 性视界传媒 Docks were decontamined and sent to hospital Wednesday morning after becoming nauseous while in a ship hold.
性视界传媒 Fire Department Battalion Chief Kevin Beenham said 鈥渋t was not necessarily a hazmat incident鈥� but that the workers felt ill after being exposed to some 鈥渂iological鈥� material around 10:30 a.m.
鈥淎s a precaution before they went to hospital we decontaminated them so they wouldn鈥檛 contaminate the ambulance or ambulance staff,鈥� Beenham told the Now-Leader.
Asked what the potential hazardous material could have been, he said the equipment was shipped from overseas and 鈥渃ould鈥檝e been something as benign as mold.鈥�
The three workers taken to hospital are expected to be fine.
鈥淲e were told they were nauseous and when we got there, they were out in the fresh air and were all improving,鈥� he noted. 鈥淭hey were taken to hospital for observation.鈥�
He said the company is having their industrial hygienist evaluate, and that Transport Canada or WorkSafeBC would likely investigate.
