The Wisconsin State Journal
LODI, Wis. — A 25-year-old construction worker died Monday from injuries he suffered in a fall at the site of a future apartment building one block off Capitol Square in Madison.
Chris Lord of Dane was working as a framer at the site for the project’s general contractor, McGann Construction, according to company president Bryan McGann. He had worked as a carpenter for the company for three years, McGann said, and his father also works for the Madison-based construction firm.
“We’re doing our homework now, trying to find out what exactly happened,” McGann told the State Journal. “We can talk more when we know more about it. Right now, it’s very sad for everyone involved in our company. We’re a pretty close-knit crew.”
Madison police spokesman Joel DeSpain said the man died after falling about 60 feet at the construction site in the 10 block of North Webster Street, at the intersection of East Mifflin Street. Police officers and the Madison Fire Department responded to the call at 11:02 a.m., a dispatcher at the Dane County 911 center said.
DeSpain said the man was taken to the hospital but did not survive his injuries. The Dane County Medical Examiner’s office had an investigator at the scene and the Madison-area office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was informed, DeSpain said.
OSHA assistant area director Chad Greenwood confirmed the agency was investigating.
The apartment building under construction is being developed by Fred Rouse, who could not be reached immediately Monday. The Capitol’s Edge Apartments are to open in January and will offer 48 studios and one- and two-bedroom apartments, according to a website for the project run by Rouse Management.
In February, another construction worker, 58-year-old John P. Stroll of Fitchburg, died at a construction site off John Nolen Drive after a wall collapsed and trapped him. The early-morning collapse happened as the Watermark Lofts were being built, an apartment building at 960 John Nolen Drive on Madison’s South Side.
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