MAY 30, 2015
PITTSBURGH, PA (KDKA)
OSHA and police are investigating a deadly industrial accident in
Wilkinsburg.
A man in a lift was crushed against a ceiling on Kelly
Street, under the East Busway overpass. The lift was a Skyworks, LLC lift with model
number 660SJ.
A crew working for Gulisek Construction was patching the
bridge when one of the workers operating a hydraulic lift was injured.
A neighbor who lives in the apartment building nearby was
awakened by a horn that went off after the accident.
“Two construction workers were running up the street to
block traffic and I heard one say, ‘he’s not breathing, he’s not breathing!'”
said the neighbor who did not want to be identified.
The cause of the accident is under investigation, but it’s
believed the worker, 35-year-old Sean Kelly of Monroeville, was somehow pinned
under the overpass while operating the lift.
Paramedics performed CPR, but Kelly was pronounced dead at
the scene.
KDKA has learned that Gulisek Construction of Mt. Pleasant
has a contract to repair 22 Port Authority Bridges, but it’s still not known
how the accident happened.
The Allegheny County medical examiner will perform an
autopsy to determine the cause of death.