2 WORKERS INJURED DURING MIAMI, FL HIGH RISE CONSTRUCTION WHEN THE CONCRETE FRAME CAME LOOSE AND TRAPPED ONE WORKER WHILE INJURING THE OTHER
January 28, 2015
MIAMI, FLORIDA (WSVN) -- Two construction workers were injured during
construction of a high rise building in Miami, Wednesday.
The two men, who are in their 20s, were working on the 26th
floor of the Met 3 building at 200 S.E. 3rd Ave. when a retaining wall
collapsed on them.
According to Miami Fire Rescue, the concrete frame came
loose and trapped one worker while injuring the other. Several other
construction workers were able to free the men from the rubble.
Miami Fire Rescue then lowered the men down to the 23rd
floor where they used an elevator to safely get them to the ground floor.
"Some of the challenges when we deal with construction sites is that a lot
of the floors are not completed where workers are working on," said Miami
Fire Rescue Capt. Ignatius Carroll, "so we had to use a Stokes basket and
ropes to lower them down to the 23rd floor where we were able to bring them
down on the elevator."
Both workers were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital
with injuries that were not life-threatening.