An MTA track cleaner collapsed on the job in Brooklyn this week, dying a short time later of an apparent heart attack, the Transport Workers Union said.
Ricardo Louis, 44, was assigned to a track cleaning gang along the L line in Bushwick early Wednesday morning when he collapsed aboard a work train in the Morgan Ave. station at 3:10 a.m., Alina Ramirez, spokeswoman for TWU Local 100, told the Daily News.
Ramirez said Louis’ co-workers attempted to revive him while calling 911.
An FDNY spokesperson confirmed EMS transported Louis to Woodhull Hospital, while he was in an apparent state of respiratory or cardiac arrest.
The 44-year-old was pronounced dead at Woodhull.
“On behalf of our membership of 44,000 transit workers, I convey deep condolences to the family of Brother Louis and offer them all the resources of the Union as they go forward at this difficult time,” TWU Local 100 President Richard Davis said in a statement.
“Transit work on the subway tracks is hazardous because of constant train traffic and because medical attention is not immediately available,” Davis added.
“TWU Local has always fought for better working conditions and we will determine whether any avoidable hazard contributed to this tragic death.”