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Glass Panels Collapse at Huerta Grande Hotel, Killing 22-Year-Old Worker

Prosecutors ordered forensic examinations to determine whether safety failures, procedural errors or material defects caused the unloading accident.

Overview

  • Authorities said the incident occurred Thursday around midday at a hotel on Calle Juan Perón in Huerta Grande, in the Punilla department of Córdoba.
  • Several large tempered-glass sheets destabilized during unloading from a truck and fell onto two workers, according to initial accounts.
  • The deceased was a 22-year-old employed by the private company handling the material, the hotel administrator reported.
  • A 51-year-old hotel employee sustained spinal polytrauma with possible vertebral fractures and was transferred to a medical center with a reserved prognosis.
  • The case was classified as a death of uncertain etiology, and Policía Judicial, the Investigations Brigade and the Cosquín prosecutor’s office led by Paula Kelm are conducting inquiries.