International Asbestos Removal left the job and was replaced by another contractor, city officials said. The probe also found that a required safety meeting that morning didn’t address the hole and that a scaffolding system that was supposed to be in place was not. There were no other safeguards, such as guardrails or markings, in place, Degan said. He died three days later.Ī subsequent investigation showed that the planking covering the hole on the roof was not secure, said Buildings Department spokesman Ryan Degan. Yong Chin Son, of Flushing, Queens, was taken to a local hospital after the Sept. Son lingered in the hospital for three days before he died. He was unconscious but breathing when he was taken to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Brooklyn Methodist in stable condition.
He fell 18 feet to the 10th floor, suffering injuries to his head and torso, the official account said. The hole had been covered by a loose wooden plank that had been knocked aside. on Sept 13, Son was walking backward and pulling a plastic sheet on the 11th floor of the 70-year-old structure when he fell through the hole in the roof, officials said. The account provided by city officials said that just before 7 a.m.
