A worker was killed Wednesday when a cinder-block wall collapsed at a construction site in Pacoima.
Firefighters were sent to the 10500 block of Glenoaks Boulevard, near the Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway, at about 8:50 a.m., the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.
“Firefighters arrived to find a cinder block wall fell and trapped one patient …,” according to an LAFD statement.
Javier Calderon Casas, 49, of San Bernardino, died at the scene, the LAFD reported.
Two other male workers, ages 42 and 45, were hospitalized with minor injuries, the LAFD reported.
The Los Angeles Police Department and Cal-OSHA were notified, and an investigation was underway.