{"id":5625,"date":"2016-04-18T13:42:27","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T17:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=5625"},"modified":"2021-05-14T16:29:36","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T20:29:36","slug":"construction-accident-at-west-campus-parking-garage-leaves-two-injured-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/construction-accident-at-west-campus-parking-garage-leaves-two-injured-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction Accident At West Campus Parking Garage Leaves Two Injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5530\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5530\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-5530 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/032-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Imag of the damage in the parking garage at West Campus.\" width=\"424\" height=\"296\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5530\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">JAYNELL PERERA \/ THE REPORTER<br \/>Accident: Two construction workers were injured April 15 at another construction accident at the West Campus parking garage when a beam that was being lifted fell, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two construction workers were injured<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday at another construction accident at the Miami Dade College West Campus parking garage when a beam that was being lifted fell, according to Erika Benitez, public information officer <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials said the accident happened at around 2:30 p.m. while the workers were on an elevated platform. Both of the injured men were transported to the hospital. One of the construction workers was seen walking into the ambulance under his own power. The other worker was taken out of the construction area in a stokes basket. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said the two men were not pinned by the beam, however, their condition was unknown on Friday<\/span><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe got out of class and we went to the windows to go see what was going on and we just saw <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the ambulances and the helicopters,\u201d said Miguel Balbuena, a 16-year-old dual enrollment student at MDC West Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No students or college staff were injured during the incident on Friday. The accident did not affect the campuses main building so classes remained open. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A message on the MDC West Campus website said: An incident occurred this afternoon at the construction site of the new parking garage at Miami Dade College-West. Authorities have assessed the situation and determined that all areas of the campus are safe. MDC-West will remain open for normal operations on Friday and Saturday, April 15th and 16th. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The garage was expected to reopen this<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">November. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A meeting is scheduled to take place this Saturday at West Campus between the construction company, safety officials and college administrators to discuss how to move forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new five-story parking garage is slated to include 1,500 parking spaces, an amphitheatre, and an outdoor area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was originally expected to open in December of 2012 until <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/four-dead-several-injured-after-parking-garage-collapses-at-west-campus\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">a horrific garage collapse on October 10, 2012 killed <\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/four-dead-several-injured-after-parking-garage-collapses-at-west-campus\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">four construction workers<\/span><\/a>. The garage was <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3\/4th of the way completed at the time of the accident. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Killed during the accident were Robert Budhoo, 53; Carlos Hurtado de Mendoza, 48; Jose Calderon, 60; and Samuel Perez, 53.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On May 6, 2015 \u00a0MDC agreed on a $33 million settlement against Ajax Building Corp. and several other subcontractors in connection with the accident. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Haskell Co. is the current construction company working on the new parking facility. Work at 3800 NW 115th Ave. in Doral started four months ago. The old garage was dismantled before work at the new garage started. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staff writers Daniela Molina, Jaynell Perera and Zayrha Rodriguez contributed to this report.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two construction workers were injured Friday at another construction accident at the Miami Dade College West Campus parking garage when a beam that was being lifted fell, according to Erika Benitez, public information officer for Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. \u00a0\u00a0 Officials said the accident happened at around 2:30 p.m. while the workers were on an elevated [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":114,"featured_media":5529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2747],"tags":[1912,2081,2893],"class_list":{"0":"post-5625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-west-campus","9":"tag-parking-garage","10":"tag-construction","11":"tag-accident"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Construction Accident At Parking Garage Leaves Two Injured<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Classes have remained opened at the campus because the accident did not affect the sites main building. 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