Conflicting reports surround death of machine operator in Seattle.
A worker died Thursday in an accident at the soon-to-be demolished McGuire apartment building in Belltown.
Paramedics were called about 10:15 a.m. to the building at 210 Wall St.. The worker was injured on the 22nd floor and had to be lowered by crane to the ground, where paramedics performed CPR in an attempt to revive him, Seattle Fire Department spokesman Kyle Moore said. The man was in his 40s and suffered a severe neck trauma.
He was employed with LVI Services, a New York demolition company. The general contractor at the site is Seattle-based Lease Crutcher Lewis, said Hector Castro, a spokesman for the Department of Labor and Industries, which is investigating.
The man was operating a Bobcat loader to push debris down a chute when he was injured, Castro said. Authorities were sorting out conflicting reports about what caused the injury. Initial reports were that he fell, but that no longer appears to be the case, Castro said.
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