KANSAS CITY, Mo. -
The man killed at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts construction site on Tuesday has been identified as 35-year-old Ryan Goodman of Lee's Summit. 30-year-old Shane Wagner of Grain Valley was also injured and is in serious but stable condition.
The workers were injured when the lift they were in collapsed on Tuesday around 1:45 p.m. at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts site at 16th and Broadway. The men were in a cage on top of the lift, 50 feet in the air
The men were installing steel panels on the building for Detroit-based subcontractor Midwest Steel, said Kyle McQuiston, spokesman for Kansas City-based general contractor JE Dunn Construction Group.
Construction on the 13-acre site began in 2006 and is scheduled to be finished in 2011. The $400 million center will be the home of the Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas City Ballet.
McQuiston said the construction site had no previous fatalities or injuries.
Kansas City, Missouri homicide detectives were called to the scene, but that's standard procedure anytime someone dies. OSHA is also on the way to investigate.
Workers were sent home for the day while investigators examined the site, said JE Dunn president Dan Euston.
"We have an onsite safety team down there and are working with investigators, both local and any federal agencies, to determine what caused this accident," Euston said. "We're very deeply saddened by this event. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the families."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
The workers were injured when the lift they were in collapsed on Tuesday around 1:45 p.m. at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts site at 16th and Broadway. The men were in a cage on top of the lift, 50 feet in the air
The men were installing steel panels on the building for Detroit-based subcontractor Midwest Steel, said Kyle McQuiston, spokesman for Kansas City-based general contractor JE Dunn Construction Group.
Construction on the 13-acre site began in 2006 and is scheduled to be finished in 2011. The $400 million center will be the home of the Kansas City Symphony, the Lyric Opera of Kansas City and the Kansas City Ballet.
McQuiston said the construction site had no previous fatalities or injuries.
Kansas City, Missouri homicide detectives were called to the scene, but that's standard procedure anytime someone dies. OSHA is also on the way to investigate.
Workers were sent home for the day while investigators examined the site, said JE Dunn president Dan Euston.
"We have an onsite safety team down there and are working with investigators, both local and any federal agencies, to determine what caused this accident," Euston said. "We're very deeply saddened by this event. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with the families."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
