The AP is reporting that a worker at a construction site at a nine-story building at North Capitol and K Streets fell to his death this afternoon. The worker, whose identity has not yet been released, was operating a miniature backhoe when the machine rolled out of the side of the building and fell 80 feet with the man trapped inside. His death is being investigated by the MPD and OSHA. No one else was injured.



that pretty much sucks no matter how you look at it.
a backhoe? that many stories up?
what, there was so much trash in the building that shoveling it was deemed too inefficient?
'tis that accursed swampoodle, i tell ya! nothing good ever comes from there, says i...
is this where they are tearing down a bunch of subsidized housing?
Sursum Corda wins again
(technically Temple Courts)