Worker Killed by Falling Concrete Slab at NJ Condo Complex

A concrete slab collapsed on a roofing worker after demolition and construction at a condo complex.

A 23-year-old worker was killed in Egg Harbor Township, NJ, when a concrete slab collapsed on him at a condominium complex. The man was part of a roofing crew cleaning up after a day of demolition and construction at the Clubs at Tilton. The accident occurred under a staircase merge point where the slab gave way, trapping him. He was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery but did not survive his injuries. A mother and two children were evacuated from a second-floor unit. OSHA has been notified, and an investigation is underway.

Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky’s structural collapse attorneys have unparalleled experience and success in representing construction workers and others who have been catastrophically injured or killed in structural collapses. Attorneys have secured numerous multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements for clients who have suffered catastrophic injuries due to construction accidents and building collapses, including the Davenport, Iowa apartment collapse in 2023, the Surfside Condo collapse in Miami in 2021, the Market Street collapse in Philadelphia in 2013, and the Tropicana garage collapse in New Jersey in 2003.