Thursday, May 18, 2017

A construction worker injured after he fell on a piece of steel at an Upper East Side construction site



Firefighters strapped him into a stokes basket and lowered him to the street.
  The worker is expected to recover. (Marcus Santos) 


 MANHATTAN, NY (NY Daily News)
 
A construction worker had to be loaded into a basket and lowered six flights after he fell on a piece of steel at an Upper East Side construction site Wednesday, authorities said.

The worker, a man in his 30s, suffered a serious leg and hip injury when he tumbled onto some rebar while working on Park Ave. near W. 84th St. at about 11:40 a.m., authorities said.


He was taken to New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and is expected to recover, officials said.

 
He was working on construction of a 16-story residential apartment building when he was hurt.