The man who died, 45-year-old Emilio Macareno-Rodriguez, was pronounced dead on Dec. 18 at the site of $10 million Holiday Inn hotel being built at the Rim, according to San Antonio police personnel. Authorities say he fell off a lift at the work site and first responders’ attempts to revive him were unsuccessful.
“It was simply a workplace accident,” the officer at the scene in the 5700 block of Rim Pass said at the time.
On Friday, the medical examiner said Macareno-Rodriguez’s cause of death was blunt force injuries. The ME also ruled his manner of death as accidental.
An ensuing investigation by OSHA, a federal agency that works to enforce workplace standards and investigates mishaps, could take up to six months and might result in fines if it discovers any violations that might have led to Macareno-Rodriguez’s death.