cutting corners can be deadly... - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

Pearce Services · 01-15-2009, 05:33 AM

I found this on Coastal Connection

In boom times and flat times, construction is a dangerous trade. And the greatest risk sometimes falls on the people doing the dirtiest physical work. From the Southampton, New York, Town News comes this sad story:

"A construction worker died in Southampton Village on Monday afternoon when a foundation wall at a work site collapsed, pinning him underneath .... Facundo Gonzalez, 33, of Farmingville was trapped beneath the fallen concrete wall shortly before 3 p.m. while he was working at a construction site at the southeast corner of North Sea Road and Willow Street."

The Town News quotes local building official Jon Foster as saying that Gonzalez was excavating beneath a recently poured concrete wall to install footings that, according to code, should have been installed before the wall was placed. Also, said Foster, the wall lacked steel reinforcing that should have been included, and might have prevented the structural failure.

If anyone knows more about this situation, can you keep us updated. I am wondering what kind of fines, added costs, and everything else that may have resulted from what I can only assume is hiring an under qualified, low-baller.

Here is a link to the story.. http://www.27east.com/story_detail.c...news&id=188460

**Cole** · 01-15-2009, 12:22 PM

RIP to the worker, stupid s**t happens when you try to cut corners.

The HO probably hired the cheapest and is now going to pay for it, with delays in the job and finding a new contractor.

AnthonyStanley1 · 01-26-2009, 02:22 PM

This is what happens when you try and cut corners. RIP to the worker.

deadjed · 02-10-2009, 04:29 AM

It seems like every few months I read about something similar happening to a construction worker.

r.i.p.