Man burned in welding accident

A 54-year-old man from the O'Leary area is in critical condition in a Halifax hospital following a workplace accident Saturday afternoon.

The man was working alone at his business, Western Welding in Unionvale, when he suffered severe burns.

The O'Leary Fire Department responded around 3 p.m. The man wastaken to the Queen Elizabeth II hospitalin Halifax.

The Workers Compensation Board said its investigators are gathering information from the scene to try to determine what happened.