Eagle Pass Water Tower Accident Kills One Man and Injures Another
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2021
Two men working for a private contractor cleaning a water tower of the City of Eagle Pass Water Works System, located at Calle Teran in Loma Bonita Subdivision in Eagle Pass, Texas, sustained a work-related accident on Friday, January 29, 2021, shortly before 12 Noon, resulting in the death of one man and injuries to a second man.
Eagle Pass Fire Department Rescue and EMS members responded to the call of an accident at the Eagle Pass Water Works System Water Tower in Loma Bonita Subdivision. The Maverick County Sheriff’s Department, Eagle Pass Police Department, and U.S. Border Patrol Officers also responded to the emergency call.
The two men were working on a scaffold in cleaning and maintaining the water tower when the accident occurred, causing them to fall. The work accident is under investigation. Investigators are reviewing if the the scaffolding malfunctioned or human error caused the work accident.
Maverick County Justice of the Peace Tere Hernandez was summoned to the accident site and pronounced one man deceased and ordered an autopsy be performed.
The second man injured was airlifted by helicopter to a San Antonio, Texas medical facility for treatment of his injuries, believed to be serious.
The names of the two workers are not available as of press time. Both men are from out of town as they worked for a private contractor who provides maintenance and cleaning to the City of Eagle Pass Water Works System water towers.
