10:03 AM:An accident at a construction site in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood this morning sent four workers to the hospital, three with serious injuries, a fire battalion chief said.
The accident was reported shortly before 8 a.m. at a six-story building under construction at 19th and Illinois streets.
San Francisco fire Battalion Chief Charles Crane said the accident happened as workers were pouring concrete on the building’s roof.
The roof support structure gave way and collapsed onto three workers below, who were in a stairwell on the sixth floor, he said. The impact caused them to fall three stories.
The fire department responded and found the three workers covered in concrete that hadn’t yet hardened, Crane said.
Crane said the weight of the concrete was “equivalent to having a large wall fall on you.”
The three were severely injured but were conscious when they were taken to the hospital, he said.
A fourth worker was also hospitalized after suffering minor injuries while trying to help the workers who fell, Crane said.
San Francisco General Hospital spokeswoman Rachael Kagan said the workers are all men in their early 20s to late 30s. Three are in serious condition and the fourth is in fair condition.
The construction is happening on the site of the Potrero Launch project, a 196-unit, mixed-use development slated to be completed next year.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health is investigating the incident.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
9:30 AM: An accident at a construction site in San Francisco’s Dogpatch neighborhood this morning sent four workers to the hospital, three with serious injuries, a fire battalion chief said.
The accident was reported at about 8 a.m. at a six-story building under construction at 19th and Illinois streets.
San Francisco fire Battalion Chief Charles Crane said workers were pouring concrete when three men working on the sixth floor fell three stories into the drying concrete.
They were seriously injured, he said.
A fourth worker was also hurt but his injuries were believed to be minor, Crane said.
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health has been notified of the accident, he said.
According to an Alert SF advisory, one should “avoid the area of 3rd Street and 20th Street until after 10 AM” due to the incident.
9:04 AM: Four people were taken to San Francisco General Hospital after an accident at a construction site in the city’s Dogpatch neighborhood this morning, a hospital spokeswoman said.
The accident was reported at about 8 a.m. near Third and 19th streets, a San Francisco fire dispatcher said.
According to an Alert SF advisory, one should “avoid the area of 3rd Street and 20th Street until after 10 AM” due to the incident.
No information about possible injuries to the workers was immediately available, she said.
Hospital spokeswoman Rachael Kagan did not yet have information on the patients’ conditions.
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