A worker was critically injured after falling at Estate Companies’ apartment tower construction site in North Miami Beach, authorities said.
Shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a medical call at 16375 Biscayne Boulevard, where two men were injured, fire rescue said.
One of the men was electrocuted, which caused the second man to “fall in a scaffolding approximately nine stories,” according to the city of North Miami Beach Police Department, which also responded to the scene. The man who suffered an electric shock was in stable condition, and the man who fell “is listed in critical condition,” police said.
Rescue crews took both workers to HCA Florida Aventura Hospital, according to media reports.
Estate, led by Robert Suris and Jeffrey Ardizon, is developing the 28-story Soleste on the Bay apartment tower with 363 units. Estate General Contractors is the project contractor, records show.
“We are deeply saddened that this occurred at one of our development sites,” Suris said in a statement, adding that Estate is cooperating with the investigation. “The health and safety of all personnel on our sites is our number one priority, and we spare no expense to ensure the safe operation of every project.”
“Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are with those impacted,” Suris said, “and we wish them a full recovery.”
Estate, based in South Miami, is a prolific multifamily developer in South Florida.
In 2023, Estate started construction of Soleste on the Bay immediately south of its 23-story, 367-unit Soleste NoMi Beach apartment tower in North Miami Beach. Soleste NoMi Beach was completed last year.
As of Monday afternoon, authorities did not have any update on the critically injured worker’s condition. Neither of the workers has been identified.
South Florida construction sites have hardly been devoid of accidents in recent years.
Last month, a worker died from his “traumatic” injuries at a construction site at Bal Harbour Shops. When rescue crews responded to the site, they removed the patient from a “confined space” on the second floor of the construction site and airlifted him to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. The man died later that day.
Whitman Family Development, owner of Bal Harbour Shops in Bal Harbour, is working on a 250,000-square-foot expansion of the 500,000-square-foot luxury shopping center.
Last year, a construction worker died and three others were injured after a portion of a tower crane collapsed at a downtown Fort Lauderdale site where Gables Residential was developing the 43-story Gables Riverwalk apartment tower. The site is at 333 North New River Drive East.
Also last year, three workers were injured at Fort Partners’ 11-story Seaway at the Surf Club condo development site. The project has 34 condos in the Seaway North and Seaway South buildings.