A worker was injured after glass fell from an under construction downtown condo building and onto the street below on Friday morning.
It happened at around 10:30 a.m. at an Ellis Don work site on Front Street near Spadina Avenue.
Viewer video of the incident shows what appears to be a large pane of glass dangling from high above for several minutes.
The pane then slams into the side of a building, shattering a glass window in the process.
The woman who took the video told CTV News Toronto that she started filming immediately upon seeing the pane of glass "spinning” in midair because she knew “it wasn’t going to end well.”
She said that the pane of glass hung precariously for a while but “eventually swung into the building and shattered,” causing a large quantity of glass to fall to the ground.
The Ministry of Labour says that a worker on the ground was injured after being struck by the glass fragments. Their injuries are, however, believed to be minor in nature.
“There’s wasn’t even any blood involved,” Toronto police Const. David Hopkinson told CTV News Toronto. “It didn’t even break skin.”
An inspector from the Ministry of Labour has been assigned and will conduct a full investigation into the incident.
Front Street, meanwhile, has been closed between Spadina Avenue and Portland Street and people are being advised to use caution in the area.
It is not clear when the roadway will reopen.
