Tuesday, August 4, 2015

1 construction worker seriously injured after he fell 40 feet at the Manhattan West development site on the Far West Side






Manhattan West construction site




Worker injured at Brookfield’s Manhattan West site
Worker pulled out by bucket crane

August 04, 2015 08:40AM 


A construction worker suffered serious injuries after he plummeted 40 feet to the ground at the Manhattan West development site on the Far West Side on Monday.

The man — who hasn’t been identified — fell off one of the buildings that’s rising at Brookfield Property Partners’ massive project, according to the New York Post.

The accident occurred right before 2 p.m., the newspaper reported. A witness told the newspaper that “they used a bucket crane to pull him out.”

Brookfield is currently building One Manhattan West, one of a pair of towers that will rise as part of the 5.4 million-square-foot, mixed-use megaproject. The tower is slated to cost $2.1 billion to develop.

The year has seen multiple construction site accidents already, with nine reported fatalities. 


In April, a 50-year-old construction worker fell to his death at a Brighton Beach development site. That same month, a 22-year-old construction worker died following an accident at the former home of French bistro Pastis in the Meatpacking District. 

In May, a 25-year-old construction worked died after falling 24 stories at the Riu Hotel Times Square construction site at 301 West 46th Street. And in March, a Keller Williams agent was killed after being struck by a piece of plyfood from Rudin family and Global Holdings’ Greenwich Lane.

Several construction workers have also been injured in separate accidents at SL Green’s One Vanderbilt development on Madison Avenue. [NYP] — Claire Moses