Three construction workers killed in accident at downtown Raleigh building

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Source: Raleigh News & Observer

By Ron Gallagher and Andrew Kenney-
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03/23/2015 11:29 AM | Updated: 03/23/2015 1:39 PM

RALEIGH —

Three construction workers were killed and another seriously injured when a frame that supported a scaffolding system on the outside of a downtown office building collapsed late Monday morning.

A witness, LeRoy Kelley, said workers were dismantling the scaffolding frame on the 11-story Charter Square building on Fayetteville Street and were descending the side of the building when something went wrong. Kelley thought at least four workers were on the scaffolding when it hit the ground.

Kelley, of Raleigh, was under the scaffolding doing concrete work when he heard a popping sound and someone shout “Run.” As he did, he heard an enormous crash.
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The accident happened shortly before 11 a.m. Police blocked access around Charter Square, which is being built across from the Marriott City Center hotel. Dozens of construction workers were evacuated from the building and were standing on the lawn in front of the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts a block south.



Construction workers gather outside the scene of a construction accident in downtown Raleigh, NC Monday morning, March 23, 2015. A scaffolding holding at least three workers fell and crashed into the Charter Square project, an 11-story building being built on the south end of Fayetteville Street. Harry Lynch / [e-mail]

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3 reported dead in downtown Raleigh construction accident

[blm]

1. NCGOP: Deregulate, deregulate, deregulate.

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[Omaha Steve]

2. Nixon would not have signed on OSHA if not for pressure from the AFL-CIO etc

I hope people will start to remember that.

For these three...

K&R!

[MynameisBlarney]

3. Yup.

Trying to recreate that Texas Miracle.

[catbyte]

4. Bagger Utopia: kill OSHA.

There's more riff-raff where they came from.


Condolences to the families of the workers killed and I hope the survivor recovers.

[juxtaposed]

5. Associated Scaffolding is a non-union outfit from what I can tell, associated with the ABC.

I looked at their training and it seems sub-par to the training union scaffold builders go through.
It's sad that these workers will not be going home to their families today.

[democrank]

6. So sad~