The family of a technical engineer killed after falling more than 100 feet from scaffolding at the in-progress construction of a cancer research center at the University of Chicago filed a wrongful…
The UChicago Medicine construction site at 57th Street and South Drexel Avenue in Chicago sits idle on June 7, 2024, a day after two workers fell from scaffolding. One worker was killed in the fall and the other sustained serious injuries. The family of a technical engineer killed after falling more than 100 feet from scaffolding at the in-progress construction of a cancer research center at the University of Chicago filed a wrongful death lawsuit Thursday against two construction companies.
Before the fall, he said workers repeatedly complained that the scaffolding wasn’t laid out properly, meaning it wasn’t snug against the building as it should. Cairo said the southwest corner was held together with a piece of plywood with nails on top. The wind gusts caused the plywood bridge — where Spyrka and O’Donnell were standing — to come apart, he said.
Cairo said neither O’Donnell, a technical engineer, or Spyrka, an ironworker, had any obligation to inspect the scaffolding, and they weren’t involved in its construction. O’Donnell’s family was very close-knit, Cairo said. O’Donnell had worked with his father since he got out of college and was being trained to take over the family business.
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