Company to resume search for missing employee in power plant collapse Drone video shows the collapse at Killen Generating Station in Adams County By Kim Schupp | December 23, 2020 at 2:32 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 3:02 PM
ADAMS COUNTY, Ohio (FOX19) - The Adamo Group said the U.S Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is permitting them to resume work in the recovery efforts of a missing employee at the Killen Generating Station demolition site.
Adamo Demolition Co. of Detroit, Michigan, was tearing down the former coal-fire plant on U.S. 52 near Manchester when it collapsed on Wednesday, Dec. 9.
Three workers were rescued and hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries the same day.
New plan developed for recovering final worker in power plant collapse
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and last updated 2020-12-23 14:28:32-05
MANCHESTER, Ohio â A new engineering plan has been developed for the continuing search for the remaining missing worker trapped beneath the rubble of the collapsed Killen Generating Station in Adams County.
On Monday, the Adamo Group, for whom missing Jamie Fitzgerald and four others who were trapped in the collapse worked, announced they expected it could take a month before they re able to reach the area they believe Fitzgerald s body may be. The company said a new engineering plan was necessary to continue to search.
Family of man missing in Adams Co. collapse seeking help from state officials
Recovery of the last missing worker is expected to last until mid-to-late January.
Family of man missing in Adams Co. collapse desperate for answers By Jessica Schmidt | December 21, 2020 at 9:40 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 10:40 PM
ADAMS COUNTY, Ohio (FOX19) - Nearly two weeks after a former generating station collapsed in Adams County, one of the demolition workers is still missing. Now his loved ones are reaching out to state and local officials to ask for help.
Jamie Fitzgerald was one of the Adamo Group workers tearing down a former coal fire plant in Adams County when it collapsed on Dec. 9.
recovery efforts expected to last until late January for missing employee
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ADAMS COUNTY The recovery efforts for Jamie Fitzgerald is expected to last until mid to late January, according to a statement from the Adamo Group.
Fitzgerald, who has been missing since Dec. 9 when the old Killen Generating Station in Adams County collapsed, has still not been recovered from the site. The company said in a previous statement Fitzgerald did not survive the collapse, and that the process to find him would take up to two weeks.
In a statement released Monday, the company stated:
“Recovery work is continuing at the Adamo Group’s Killen Generating Station demolition site in Adams County, Ohio. Based on the observations and knowledge of our team and the first responders on-site, our immediate focus is recovering our missing employee and ensuring the safety of the crews working on the recovery effort. As a company, we have our very best people, specialized and top-of-the-line
Family holds on to hope that missing worker is alive beneath collapsed power station He wouldnât give up on us. Weâre not giving up on him
John Fitzgerald hasnât lost hope that his brother, Jamie, could still be alive beneath Killen Generating Station after it collapsed in Manchester on Dec. 9.
and last updated 2020-12-22 12:41:14-05
MANCHESTER, Ohio â John Fitzgerald hasnât lost hope that his brother, Jamie, could still be alive beneath Killen Generating Station after it collapsed in Manchester on Dec. 9. Everyone is focused on getting him out, getting him home. One way or the other,â he said.