A 27-year-old worker was killed Tuesday morning in a “workplace accident” near 300 N. 1st Avenue, according to the Phoenix Police Department.
The man was involved in the accident at 11:42 a.m. Tuesday and was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced deceased.
The incident took place at the construction site for a residence hall for Arizona State University, which began construction March 2.
“This is a joint investigation involving the Phoenix Police Department, Arizona State University, and OSHA investigators,” a Phoenix Police Department spokeswoman said in a statement. “The investigation is in the early stages and they working to determine what happened.”
Gretchen Kinsella, the Arizona leader for DPR Construction, the general contractor of the project, said in a statement that the man killed was employed by a subcontractor on the site.
"We are deeply saddened to report that a subcontractor worker died as a result of an incident that occurred yesterday on our ASU Downtown Phoenix Residence Hall project," Kinsella said. "The worker suffered injuries as a result of being struck by materials. Our focus right now is on the family and friends of the worker as well as on the investigation of the incident."
Below are renderings of the ASU project:
ASU's new residence hall is expected to open in 2021.
