SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 10 MI-MDOT-I75-accident
SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- A worker fatality occurred
today at approximately 5 p.m. on the Michigan Department of Transportation
(MDOT) I-75 Ambassador Bridge Gateway Project. The worker was an employee of
Ace Structural Steel Erection, Inc. of Shelbyville, MI, a project
sub-contractor. The accident occurred at one of the new bridges under
construction at the Gateway site connecting I-75 to the Ambassador Bridge
Plaza. Information available at this time indicates that the accident
occurred when a temporary scaffolding tower unexpectedly collapsed while being
dismantled. The incident took place in an area of the freeway that has been
closed since February 2008. It did not involve any portion of the permanent
bridge structure that is currently under construction and poses no danger to
workers on the site or to the general public.
"We consider any worker a member of the MDOT family," said Greg Johnson,
Region Engineer for MDOT's Metro Region. "Our prayers and sympathy are with
the family."
SOURCE Michigan Department of Transportation
