(WEST BEND) One man is dead after a construction accident near West Bend Wednesday morning.
The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said it responded to a 9-1-1 call at 9:27 a.m. about a worker pinned under a pile of lumber at a home construction site on the 3400 block of Highway NN.
Deputies from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and members of the West Bend Fire Department responded. Upon deputies and rescue personnel arriving, the individual had been removed from underneath the lumber, allowing personnel to immediately begin CPR efforts.
The individual was transported to Froedtert Hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
A sheriff’s office press release said it appears a contractor’s telehandler had removed a pallet of lumber from an on-site trailer. With the lumber off and next to the trailer, but still on the forks of the telehandler, the operator and another worker attempted to secure the material to the forks with the use of a ratchet strap. While attaching the strap, the lumber shifted and slid off the forks, pinning the individual underneath the lumber.
The investigation is ongoing to determine further details of the incident. The Washington County Medical Examiner’s Office and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) also assisted with the investigation.
