Walmart Provides Counseling Following the Sudden Death of a Teenage Store Employee.

(VOR News) – Details of the life of a 19-year-old Walmart employee in Nova Scotia, who perished in an industrial oven within the baking department, have been disclosed, despite the ongoing inquiry into the circumstances of her death.

To help the woman’s family financially, a GoFundMe page has been established. Gursimran Kaur is the page’s beneficiary. Her departure occurred on Saturday.

She reportedly worked with her mother, whose identity has been disguised, at the Walmart Supercenter in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for the previous two years.

A Walmart representative refused to say on Thursday if the deceased person’s mother was also employed by the store. Kaur was a member of the Maritime Sikh Society Gurudwara on Thursday, according to a statement published by the group’s representative.

According to a message shared by the GoFundMe website’s administrators, Kaur’s father and brother are now in India, and “we are trying to get them here as soon as possible.”

Walmart asserted that the family “provided and consented to” its data.

About $104,000 had been donated to the GoFundMe effort by Thursday afternoon, more than double the amount that was needed.

“We are supporting our associates during this extremely difficult time and have provided access to 24/7 virtual care and will provide on-site support, including grief counseling,” a Walmart representative said when asked if the company has donated to the former employee’s family and if it is offering special services to the Halifax team.

On Saturday night, Kaur and her mother were working the same shift at the Walmart Supercenter store on Mumford Road in Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia, according to the GoFundMe site. Kaur was characterized as “a young beautiful girl who came to Canada with big dreams.”

Kaur’s mother allegedly “asked around” to try to find her daughter after she hadn’t seen her for an hour. The article mentions this information. “But everyone [supposedly] brushed [her] aside,” the post said, implying that Kaur may have been attending to a customer somewhere else in the Supercenter.

Her mother’s inability to speak to her daughter over the phone caused her to go into “panic”. This resulted from the fact that she seldom ever switched off her phone during the day. She reached out to the on-site administrator to ask for support. The 19-year-old employee’s body was discovered by Halifax Regional Police officers when they arrived at the scene at around 9:30 p.m.

“Imagine the horror that her mother experienced when she herself opened the oven, when someone pointed out to it,” the article’s author wrote, alluding to the discovery of Kaur’s “charred remains” inside the bakery’s walk-in oven “after a few hours.”

Walmart in Halifax has now closed for business.

According to a spokesman for the Department of Labor, Skills, and Immigration in Nova Scotia, a stop work order was also issued for the bakery and one piece of equipment that was situated within the establishment.

Halifax Regional Police, Nova Scotia’s medical examiner, and the Department of Labor’s Occupational Health and Safety Division are among the other organizations involved in the investigation. Although they have not stated how long the inquiry might take, all three authorities have admitted that it is expected to take some time.

“We are not providing any updates or any details at this point in time,” Halifax Regional Police Constable Martin Cromwell stated Thursday. “We are not sharing any information at this time.”

The medical examiner in Nova Scotia is “working closely” with the police to ascertain the reason for the sudden death and how it happened, according to an official representative for the medical examiner. According to the spokeswoman, “At this time, no additional details are available as the investigation is still in its early stages.”

Apparently, a Walmart salesperson made the statement on Wednesday. The spokesman went on to say, “As the police have stated, this is a very complex matter, and the investigation is ongoing.”

SOURCE: YFN

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