CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENTS

The construction of condos in downtown Austin is booming,so much so,that some speculate we are over building.Maybe we are,but what concerns me more than that is the More Money Than Sense Trendy Assholes* that keep coming here will be concentrated in the downtown area,effectively ruining the area for the rest of us.
And who are the people largely responsible for making M.M.T.S.T.A's* dreams of downtown living come true?"Guest workers" from Central America and Mexico.
And today,one of them died.Not at my job site,but just 9 blocks north and 3 blocks west.
Yesterday,he fell down a 4x6 foot chase,30 feet,hitting shit on the way down...beams,rebar,etc. and had to be lifted out in a basket.
He was from...wait for it...Mexico.I was shocked.
But all that aside,someone died and some family is minus a son,husband et al.And that's sad.While I wasn't witness to this tragedy I've got to wonder...if he was working near an edge why wasn't he wearing a harness/lanyard?Those are the rules after all.
One minute you're spot welding(or whatever he was doing)the next minute you're dead.
Frightening.