BY MEAGHAN MCGOLDRICK
One construction worker is
dead after a wall collapsed in
Sunset Park on Dec. 28.
A nearly 10-foot-high brick
retaining wall came tumbling
down in the backyard
of a home near 42nd Street
and Fifth Avenue at around 1
pm, trapping two private construction
workers beneath it,
according to authorities.
One victim was pronounced
dead at the scene
while the other was taken to
NYU Langone-Brooklyn, according
to EMS Chief Stephen
Russo, who said at a press conference
following the collapse
that the second victim was
taken to the hospital in “serious
but critical” condition.
A third construction
worker told members of the
press he had taken a lunch
break shortly before the collapse,
sparing his life.
“This is an ongoing investigation,”
said Russo, who added
that the Department of Buildings
vacated the rear yards
of 454 42nd St. and 453 43rd
St. and said responding units
“worked well together” to remove
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the debris and pull the
two workers from the rubble.
Although a security perimeter
had been established, authorities
encouraged people to
avoid the area as the investigation
continued. As of almost 4
pm Monday, 42nd Street Third
to Fifth Avenue remained
closed to vehicular traffi c.
FDNY Chief James Boylan
futher said the structure came
down at a 90 degree angle on
top of the workers.
According Department
of Buildings spokeswoman
Grace Munns, the workers
were hired by the owners of 453
43rd St. to perform masonry
repair work on the retaining
wall, and were granted access
to the adjoining backyard of
454 42nd St. as part of the ongoing
work.
Additionally, there were no
DOB permits issued for any of
the work at either property,
Munns said, and the workers
were excavating the length
of the wall without adequate
shoring, which resulted in the
collapse.
In a statement issued the following
day, Sunset Park Councilman
Carlos Menchaca, who
chairs the Council’s committee
on immigration, said that
all three workers assigned to
the site came from Bangladesh
— and that the rescued victim
was already home recovering
with family.
“While the DOB investigation
is still ongoing, what is
clear is that this is yet another
tragic example of immigrant
workers sent to work in construction
sites without safety
precautions and without the
proper inspection by DOB,”
the pol said. “Immigrant workers
have been on the front lines
of the COVID-19 pandemic
performing essential duties
to keep our city running. The
least we can do is to hold accountable
the contractors each
time a worker dies due to their
neglect of safety requirements
as well as protect the rights of
immigrant workers was New
Yorkers. I will continue monitoring
the investigations and
supporting the families during
this tragedy.”
A partial vacate order has
been issued for both backyards
and DOB’s investigation
is ongoing.
Additional reporting by
Lloyd Mitchell
Construction catastrophe
Sunset Park wall collapse kills one, injures another
LIFE SPARED: (Top) A construction worker at the scene of the collapse
said he took a lunch break minutes before tragedy struck. (Left) Firefi
ghters on the scene. Photso by Lloyd Mitchell
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