A man is in hospital after tripping at a construction site on Barrington Street in downtown Halifax on Tuesday afternoon.

The Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Advanced Education said the worker, who is employed by Rendan Fabricators Ltd., suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

Chrissy Matheson, a spokesperson for the department, would not elaborate about the nature or seriousness of those injuries.

The man tripped at the ground level of a residential building under construction at 1057 Barrington St., she said.

Rendan Fabricators is working on the Southport Residential Development, which is managed by Marco Services Ltd.

Investigators "will be issuing any orders if we determine that there's something unsafe happening at the site," Matheson said.

​Police were called at 12:54 p.m. and the man was "conscious and speaking with people on site" before crews transported him to the hospital, said Halifax Regional Police Const. Dianne Woodworth.

Emergency and fire crews were at the scene.

Marco said senior executives with the company were are also at the site.