Amazon warehouse that collapsed in Edwardsville was not built to code, attorney says
An attorney for the family of an Amazon delivery driver killed in a warehouse collapse in Edwardsville in December said Tuesday the building’s support columns were not anchored to the floor, in violation of building codes.
“This is a grave violation,” said Jack Casciato, a partner at Clifford Law. He has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Amazon and other defendants on behalf of the family of Austin McEwan, one of six workers killed when a tornado hit the warehouse on Dec. 10, causing some of the walls to collapse.
In response to Casciato’s claim about the support columns, Amazon said in an emailed statement that “it is premature and misleading to suggest that there were any structural issues,” because investigators continue to examine the building and debris. The company said construction was completed in 2018 in compliance with all applicable building codes.
At the time the warehouse was built, Edwardsville was using the 2006 International Building Code, which says that anchorage of walls and columns to the foundation “shall be provided to resist the uplift and sliding forces that result from the application of the prescribed load.”
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