The 64-year-old Hamilton man was working on an East Crescentville Road building that was being demolished.
UPDATE @ 2:35 p.m. July 31
There are still scant details in the OSHA investigation into the death of a worker who fell from a tower this morning.
Ken Montgomery, area director for OSHA, said his office has a compliance officer on site to interview officials there. He said he has not yet been briefed on those interviews and did not have any information to release other than a fatality occurred to an employee of a private company.
Initial reports indicated the worker fell 80 feet but Montgomery, nor OSHA officials, could not confirm how far the person fell.
UPDATE @10:30 a.m.
A person has been killed in a fall in from a tower of a building that is being demolished at Hanson Pipe and Precast at 2930 East Crescentville Road, according to Barb Wilson, township spokeswoman.
An ambulance was called to the scene but drove away. The Butler County Coroner’s Office is in route the scene.
Police and firefighters are also at the scene.
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INITIAL REPORT
Emergency units are responding this morning to a report of person who reportedly fell at a site in West Chester Twp. that is being demolished.
Units were dispatched at about 9:45 a.m. to the 2900 block of East Crescentville Road. The person reportedly fell 80 feet.
We have a reporter heading to the scene.
