HVAC Worker Dies in Elevator Shaft Fall

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Travis Collins, a 38-year-old employee of Air Control Heating & Air Conditioning in Lexington, Kentucky, was found dead on a job site in downtown Lexington after a fall. Collins apparently fell around 15 feet down an elevator shaft. He had been working on a rooftop installation, according to multiple media reports.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has taken the helm of an investigation since it was a workplace fatality.

Air Control has established a fundraising page for his family at www.gofundme.com/travis-collins-memorial-fund. The page reports that Collins is survived by his wife and five boys ranging from 7 months to 8 years old.

Publication date: 11/23/2018

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