An accident at a New York City demolition site killed one person and injured three others. A wall at the demolition site collapsed causing a man to be buried in rubble.
A worker died after a wall collapsed at aThe collapse happened Tuesday at a three-story building being demolished on Lafayette Street in lower Manhattan, city Department of Buildings spokesperson David Maggiotto said.
FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgens said that when the wall and its scaffold gave way at about 1 p.m., one worker was trapped by the debris and two others fell on top of it. One additional worker also was injured, he said.within four minutes and were able to dig the buried worker out from the debris, Hodgens said at a news conference at the scene.
A wall collapse at a New York City demolition site led to the death of one man as well as three other injuries. The worker was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name was not immediately released. The other three workers were treated for injuries that were not life-threatening, officials said.Buildings department officials said the four workers were employed by RJB Contracting Carting Corp. A message seeking comment was sent to the company Wednesday.
Maggiotto said the contractor was cited Feb. 7 for five violations including tarps unsafely hanging from the scaffold and overloading the first floor with 50 tons of construction material, but the contractor corrected the problems and inspectors determined it was safe to resume work at the site.
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