Rafael Genaro Molina Morales lost the life instantly while installing a steel tube inside a warehouse in the “Chuy María Ramón” industrial park.
Molina Morales, 56 years old and originally from Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, was participating in the construction of a store.
Authorities from the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) went to the scene to confirm the tragic accidentwhich occurred around 1:30 in the afternoon.
Rafael was assigned to install a steel pipe at a height of approximately seven meters at the SkyJac company, which is located in the park. industrial located on the Carbonera-Ojo Caliente 3001 highway.
To carry out his task, he used a scaffold mobile and was wearing his safety equipment, which included boots and a harness.
The security manager, Juan Berrón Velazco, informed authorities that the employee’s task was to reinstall a pipe that was secured with a clamp. However, this clamp broke, and the tube He hit Rafael’s chest hard.
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The impact caused him to fall from the scaffolding and, when he hit the ground, he suffered a injury in the head.
After the accident, the intervention of a Ramos Arizpe fire department and Civil Protection ambulance was requested. The paramedics They confirmed the death of the worker originally from Veracruz.
Authorities could not determine whether the victim He was wearing the harness at the time of the accident.
Subsequently, investigating agents from the Investigation Agency were called Criminal (AIC), who took photographs of the accident site and proceeded to lift the body, transferring it to the facilities of the Forensic Medical Service (Semefo) to perform the corresponding autopsy.
As a result, the municipal Protection unit Civil He closed the work within the company.