MARCH 31, 2015
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS (KXAN)
A 41-year-old man died Tuesday after falling about 36 feet
from a forklift at a construction site for the Creekside Way Apartments.
Police say Victor Echartea-Medina, of San Antonio, was
unloading several five-gallon buckets of paint onto the fourth floor of the
building about 11:30 a.m. while standing on a platform at the end of a large
forklift. The platform became unstable and Echartea-Medina fell from the
forklift.
Echartea-Medina was responsive when New Braunfels Fire and
EMS workers arrived, but died from his injuries about 20 minutes later after
being taken to Resolute Health Hospital.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was
notified and officials are currently investigating the incident.