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30-Year-Old Killed when 3 Construction Workers Fall Off a Bridge While on the Job, Officials Say
One worker died and two were injured after a lift incident at an Interstate 79 bridge project, officials said.
- On Tuesday, a heavy crane malfunctioned at an Interstate 79 construction site over White Day Creek Road, knocking three workers off a bridge; Mickey W. Swisher, 30, of Morgantown, W.Va., died at the scene.
- West Virginia State Police confirmed the incident resulted from a mechanical failure, correcting initial 911 reports that had suggested a traffic accident caused the workers' fall.
- Emergency crews from Monongalia County and Marion County arrived shortly before 10 a.m., with one worker requiring extraction from a lift and another transported to Ruby Memorial Hospital by private vehicle.
- Jim Smith, director of MECCA 911, emphasized work zone caution, stating, "You just have to show caution when you're driving through any work zone." Drivers must stay alert, he continued.
- This fatal incident followed another work zone fatality last Friday near Elkview, in Kanawha County, highlighting a pattern of safety concerns on Interstate 79 construction sites.
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Worker dies in I-79 accident that injures two others
FAIRMONT – It wasn’t immediately known if the Tuesday morning mishap on Interstate 79 that killed one roadworker and injured two others was a result of a traffic accident or equipment failure. Whatever occurred sent the three spilling from a span crossing White Day Creek Road near the Marion-Monongalia County line. Multiple work is being […]
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