MEC&F Expert Engineers : Construction Worker Dies After Column Form Panel Topples Over in East Village in San Diego During Concrete Pouring Work

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Construction Worker Dies After Column Form Panel Topples Over in East Village in San Diego During Concrete Pouring Work



By NBC 7 Staff

A construction worker died on Wednesday morning after a column panel fell on him at a construction site in East Village, fire officials said.

The accident happened just before 9 a.m. at the construction site at 460 16th St. The man, whose name and age have not been released, died at the scene, San Diego fire officials said.

The accident happened, a Department of Industrial Relations spokeswoman said, when another employee was about to pour concrete into a form and the form fell over, toppling over on the other worker.

The state's Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death.

A residential-retail high-rise is under construction at the site, according to city records.