MEC&F Expert Engineers : Worker seriously injured in fall off Iowa BNSF railroad bridge near Flager, Iowa

Thursday, August 27, 2015

Worker seriously injured in fall off Iowa BNSF railroad bridge near Flager, Iowa





Posted: August 27, 2015


FLAGLER, Iowa (AP) - 


A man working on a BNSF railroad bridge in south-central Iowa has been injured in a fall.

The accident occurred around 2 p.m. Wednesday near Flagler in Marion County. Authorities say the man was wearing a safety harness when he fell 7 to 8 feet onto his back in the rocky creek bed of English Creek.

The man was flown to a Des Moines hospital for treatment. His name hasn't been released.