According to a Patch news report, Agustin Martinez Gallegos died at 225 Maple St. in a work-related incident. Martinez-Gallegos was on the premises of 225 Maple St. in Joliet, delivering a custom cabinet for repair by a tenant of the premises. He was using the freight elevator to deliver the custom cabinet, and “while unloading said custom cabinet from the freight elevator on the second floor of 225 Maple Street, Joliet, said freight elevator unexpectedly activated.”
As Martinez-Gallegos tried to leave the elevator, the report, citing the lawsuit, stated that his body was crushed between the elevator car and the ceiling of the elevator shaft doorway and then fell to the floor of the elevator shaft approximately 30 feet below.
The elevator allegedly did not contain devices intended to prevent falls from the elevator platform, and for at least 10 years before April 9, 2024, the defendants did not “retain, hire, employ or otherwise contract with any entity to perform maintenance, service, repairs or alterations to said freight elevator,” the lawsuit stated. The lawsuit seeks a monetary judgment against the defendants in excess of $50,000.
