Safety foreman falls 24 stories, dies

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published July 15, 2007

MIAMI - A construction worker died Friday after falling 24 stories and landing on a metal molding cast, according to police.

The 27-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was working on the 35th floor of the Infinity at Brickell condominium complex when either a cable snapped or a platform collapsed, witnesses told authorities.

"You could tell he pretty much died instantly on impact," said Ignatius Carroll, a spokesman for Miami Fire Rescue.

Flying debris cut and bruised several other workers.

The victim was a safety foreman who had been with the company for two years, police said.

The Police Department's homicide unit and the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating the incident.

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