According to WEAU 13 News, a construction worker was killed during a building demolition on Railroad Avenue in Chetek, Wisconsin.
Crews from the Wirth Brothers Excavating LLC were demolishing a building on Railroad Avenue when a wall unexpectedly collapsed, and Craig Wirth, 65, was hit by debris and killed, WEAU 13 News reports.
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the leading causes of private sector worker deaths (excluding highway collisions) in the construction industry were:
These, known as the “Fatal Four,” were responsible for more than half (60.6%) of the construction worker deaths in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.