One killed in industrial accident on Friday

A construction worker was killed Friday afternoon when part of a concrete roof fell on top of him.

The large warehouse at 29th and Mead was being demolished in sections, said Wichita fire battalion Chief Scott Brown. Brown said he did not know if the portion of the building the man was in was meant to have come down at that time.

The man, who was about 50 years old, was discovered by co-workers. The Wichita Fire Department was able to remove the body from the rubble using heavy lifting equipment.

“A whole roof came down, and it came down in pieces,” Brown said.

OSHA and the Wichita Police Department are investigating.

Multiple construction companies were working on the warehouse, Brown said. A person answering the phone at Pearson Construction, which had several excavators on scene, said the company had “no comment.”

This story was originally published August 18, 2017 at 4:08 PM with the headline "One killed in industrial accident on Friday."