CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The father of a young man killed in a construction accident in uptown Charlotte Tuesday told NewsChannel 36 he worried about his son's job.

Jonathan Ryan Beatty, 24, died late Tuesday night at Carolinas Medical Center. 

"Just a very loving, kind...," said a choked up father, John Beatty, who he had trouble finishing his sentence. "He placed the needs of others above himself." 

Ever since Jonathan graduated from West Stanley High School, he worked construction jobs.  He liked to stay busy and was a hard worker.  At one point Jonathan even worked construction with his grandfather. 

Just recently, Jonathan's father remembers finding out that his son would go from building homes to working on an uptown high-rise project.

"I felt some concern at that," said Beatty. "I prayed every day for his safety."

Beatty said his son always placed the needs of others first, generosity that may have put him in harm's way Tuesday morning.

"He would do anything for (others). From what I understand, he was helping someone else," said the father. 

Jonathan may have been helping a co-worker at the Wachovia tower under construction when a clamp used to hoist beams fell 11 floors.

"It hit him in the back of the head," said Beatty. "He had a hard hat on but his (head) was bent (forward)." 

Despite surgery, Jonathan wasn't able to survive skull fractures and internal bleeding.

Beatty said his son loved his family.  He showed us a photo in which Jonathan is holding his baby sister, who is now 6-years-old.

"He's looking down with loving eyes," said Beatty. "I'd say just the way he is today."

Questions arise about safety at construction site

Beatty was killed in the third accident at the uptown Charlotte site since August.

In August, a boom landed on a nearby store in a crane accident that OSHA called a serious violation, involving people who weren't qualified to work on the site and bad equipment. They fined the subcontractor involved in that problem.

A worker called OSHA to report it. But just a few weeks ago when beams from the same site hit a school bus it wasn't a worker who reported it.

OSHA's district supervisor Robby Jones said, "I think the police called me on that."

State law says the contractor only has to report problems where three people are hospitalized or someone dies.

"There could be amputations and there's no obligation to call, what do you think of that?" NewsChannel 36 asked.

"I would say it's not a good rule, but right now there are so many accidents that I don't have enough people where I can go out and investigate all amputations," Jones said.

Many residents and workers in uptown told NewsChannel 36 they were afraid to walk near the construction site because of the problems.

 "I'm kind of weary walking by there, too," Jones said.

(NewsChannel 36 reporter Michelle Boudin contributed to this report.)