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Fatal Construction Accident Investigation Begins

San Diego, CA – Representatives of the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Occupational Safety and Health (CAL/OSHA) are currently on the scene of a fatal accident that occurred this morning at the construction site of the Mission Valley East Trolley extension. A construction worker was killed while working in a rebar cage that collapsed. The construction site, located at 4400 Alvarado Canyon Road, is part of the Grantville project that will extend the San Diego Trolley’s Blue Line from Mission San Diego Station to San Diego State University.
 
The project’s Design and Construction Management Company, Washington Infrastructure Services, Inc. has requested that the project’s prime construction contractor, Modern Continental, and its sub-contractor, Pacific Coast Steel, Inc. observe a 24-hour safety stand down. Investigators will be try to determine the cause of the accident and ways to prevent such an event from reoccurring. The victim was employed by Pacific Coast Steel, Inc. CAL/OSHA, which enforces Title 8 code of California regulations, is conducting the accident investigation and will report its results upon the investigation’s conclusion. “At this time, we would like to offer our condolences to the family of the worker involved in the accident,” said Metropolitan Transit Development Board (MTDB) General Manager Tom Larwin. “We will be working with the proper authorities to review what happened and to do all that we can to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.”

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