Deputies with the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office are investigating after the body of a man was found at a bridge construction site Tuesday in Palmetto Bay.
Officials were called out to the scene, the construction site for the Southwest 87th Avenue bridge over the Cutler Drain Canal, around 6:30 a.m. The body was found by a construction worker and reported to police.
The man was found in a ditch with water and was not wearing a shirt when he was found.
A federal investigation from the U.S. Department of Labor concluded that two contractors’ safety violations could have prevented a Fort Lauderdale crane collapse in April that killed a 27-year-old construction worker.
The investigation concluded that Phoenix Rigging & Erecting LLC and Maxim Crane Works LP be cited for the alleged safety violations the day the man, Jorge de la Torre, fell 30 stories to his death on April 4, 2024. These findings come from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which is a branch of the Department of Labor.
De la Torre is alleged to not have been properly secured in the incident but a co-worker who was “wearing the required fall protection” was not injured, according to reporting from WSVN Channel 7 News Miami.
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