A construction worker was killed and another critically injured after they fell nine stories from scaffolding at a construction site on the University of Chicago campus, officials said.
According to authorities, firefighters were called to an area near 57th Street and Drexel in the Hyde Park neighborhood after an incident at the site.
According to the Chicago Fire Department, the workers were on scaffolding approximately nine stories off the ground when they fell to the ground.
One of the workers, a 27-year-old man, was taken to an area hospital, and was pronounced dead. A second worker was also transported in critical condition, police said.
The deceased man was later identified as David O'Donnell of Oak Forest.
Chicago police detectives processed the scene as part of the investigation, but no further information was available.
According to officials, OSHA has opened an inspection with New Horizon Street, who employed the workers involved in the incident.
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