Construction Worker Dies After Steel Plate Lands On Him On Disneyland Property

Friday, August 30th, 2019 Workers' Compensation

A man working on a Disneyland property construction project died after a steel plate landed on him Thursday morning, police confirmed.

Emergency personnel were sent to the theme park’s Gate 7 off of Ball Road at about 3:19 a.m., a spokesperson for the Anaheim Fire Department said.

Disney had a construction crew on site when the plate fell and landed on one of the workers, the spokesperson said.

The worker landed in a trench and was pulled out by an Urban Search and Rescue team.

He was transported to a local trauma center with life-threatening injuries. Anaheim Police Department Sgt. Daron Wyatt later confirmed the worker had died from his injuries.

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https://ktla.com/2019/08/29/construction-worker-on-disneyland-property-is-struck-by-steel-plate-suffers-serious-injuries/

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