Proprietor of West Gardiner building firm dies from accidents suffered in roof collapse in Naples

An OSHA employee takes {a photograph} on the scene of the development accident at Captain Jack’s Restaurant and Naples Marina on Tuesday. One of many two staff trapped beneath the roof died of his accidents Wednesday. Derek Davis/Workers Photographer

The proprietor of a West Gardiner building firm has died from his accidents a day after a roof collapsed on him at a job website Tuesday, a spokesperson for Maine Medical Heart stated.

The accident befell simply earlier than 1 p.m. at Captain Jack’s Restaurant and Naples Marina, the place a crew from Malloy Building Inc. was engaged on a renovation and enlargement. Shane Malloy, 44, of West Gardiner, and Harold Collins, 44, of Vassalboro, had been taken to the Portland hospital with what authorities described as life-threatening accidents.

Hospital spokeswoman Caroline Cornish stated Wednesday that Malloy had died.

She additionally stated Collins was listed in severe situation, an enchancment from essential situation the night time earlier than. A GoFundMe for Collins describes accidents that embrace a number of fractures to his leg, pelvis and backbone. The marketing campaign is asking for donations to assist Collins and his spouse, and it had raised $1,200 towards a $10,000 objective as of 5 p.m. Wednesday.

“As we will all think about, that is going to be a VERY LONG restoration,” the GoFundMe says. “Harold is a superb man who has an enormous coronary heart and would do something to assist anybody.”

The accident is beneath investigation by the Occupational Security and Well being Administration, a course of that may take as much as six months. It’s not but clear what prompted the roof to break down. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Workplace and the Naples Hearth Division responded to the scene Tuesday.

Capt. Donald Foss of the sheriff’s workplace stated the roof was being assembled at floor degree and had been elevated roughly 6 ft within the air by building helps when it collapsed. On the time, staff had been beneath the roof in addition to on high of it. Collins was struck by the roof, and Malloy was pinned beneath it. Foss stated somebody used a forklift to elevate the roof off Malloy and extricate him whereas first responders had been on their method.

The Naples Marina issued an announcement Tuesday night on Fb that stated staff had been trying to safe a piece of a shed roof hooked up to the principle constructing when the roof broke away and struck the employees. Naples Marina stated the employees had been trapped beneath the roof till they had been freed by marina staff.

Naples Marina stated it’s “absolutely cooperating” with the investigation by OSHA, and that Malloy Building is the first contractor for its renovation and enlargement undertaking.

“Our ideas and prayers are with the Malloy staff and their households,” Naples Marina stated.

Malloy Building Inc. has been in enterprise since 1998, in keeping with its web site. The corporate builds customized properties, additions, does roofing and siding, and works on business building tasks. Messages left with the corporate Tuesday and Wednesday weren’t returned.

An internet database exhibits OSHA carried out an inspection of a Malloy Building worksite in September 2015. Ted Fitzgerald, a spokesman for the U.S. Division of Labor, stated the go to was deliberate, not in response to a grievance or incident. The corporate was cited for 2 violations associated to fall safety and fall safety coaching, and the events resolved them with a settlement the next month that didn’t embrace money penalties.

Additionally this month, a employee died when a carport that was being eliminated collapsed on him in Rockland. OSHA can also be investigating that incident. The company reported that Maine had 20 office fatalities in 2020, the newest 12 months for which information was accessible, together with not less than 5 within the building business.

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