Construction worker crushed to death by crane near St. Louis in Edwardsville, Illinois
January 13, 2015
Jokerst was killed by the boom of a
Grove HL150 similar to this.
A worker near St. Louis was killed
Monday in a crane accident.
According to a report from the St.
Louis Post-Dispatch, 31-year-old Justin D. Jokerst was working
on a jobsite for a 500,000 square-foot addition to a commercial warehouse in
Edwardsville, Illinois.
Authorities told the
paper Jokerst was “working on a large Grove HL150…when he was crushed by
the weight of the crane’s boom,” around 11 a.m.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Jokers worked for Taylor Crane in St. Louis.