Perhaps it was divine intervention.

A construction worker is lucky to be alive after the church in which he was working was demolished, while he was still inside.

Zack Bormans, a worker with BGR Demolition, was inside the Methodist Episcopal Church in Picton, Ont., strapping cables to what was left of the steeple, when a heavy machine began the demolition Wednesday afternoon.

"I was stuck with nowhere to go," Bormans told CBC affiliate CKWS.

"If I had been a few seconds quicker I'd have been crushed, it would have been nice if everyone had kept their eyeball on me, you know, especially when he told me to go out there and strap everything ."

Ontario Ministry of Labour officials were on-site for a routine inspection when the accident happened and they are now investigating the incident. Charges could be laid.

If so, this would not be the first time that charges have been laid against Jim Sinclair, the owner of BGR Demolition.

In 2008 he was fined more than $650 and spent four months in jail for violating the Ontario Water Resources Act when he demolished a plant in Belleville, Ont.

Despite escaping unscathed, Bormans has no interest returning to his job.

"I don't like the fact of almost being buried alive, so I quit," he said.

The Picton church has been the centre of controversy. Local residents have opposed the demolition of the church, which has been landmark on the main street since it was built in 1875.