OAK CREEK -- The Oak Creek Police Department has released the identity of the construction worker who was killed after driving a four-wheeler out a window at the Amazon construction site in Oak Creek on Wednesday, July 10 -- near 13th Street and Ryan Road. He is 24-year-old Zachary Dassow of Kansasville.
The 911 call came in just after 10 a.m.
Oak Creek Police Chief Steven Anderson said the worker was on a four-wheeler, moving equipment on an upper level, when he somehow drove out of an open window -- falling about 30 to 40 feet.
The victim was taken to Froedtert Hospital and pronounced dead.
OSHA opened an investigation into the victim's employer, Lewis Construction Inc.
Amazon construction site in Oak Creek
The Schofield-based Lewis Construction offered the following statement on the incident:
Amazon construction site in Oak Creek
Chief Anderson said because the worker was riding a four-wheeler, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) was also investigating.