TOWSON, Md. (WBFF) -- Police say one person was injured after a stairwell collapsed at a Towson University parking garage.
The incident occurred at around 10:15 a.m. at the Union parking garage along Cross Campus Boulevard.
Police say workers were attempting to dismantle the stairs when they collapsed, falling onto a worker’s leg. The worker, 18, was taken to a local hospital with "non-life threatening" injuries.
"He is not a university employee. He is employed by one of the sub-contractors," Towson University spokesperson Ray Feldmann said. "We're going through and doing stairwell replacement. A lot of these parking garages are old and the stairwells need to be replaced on a fairly frequent basis."
Police say workers were attempting to dismantle the stairs when they collapsed, falling onto a worker’s leg. He was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Maryland Occupational Safety & Health officials were on scene Tuesday investigating what went wrong. The construction project is suspended while the investigation is conducted, according to Feldmann.
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TOWSON, Md. - Baltimore County Police confirm an 18-year-old worker was injured while working on dismantling steps at a Towson parking garage when they broke away.
Police said the man’s leg was injured. He wasn't trapped, but was taken to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Workers had been working on the steps at the Towson University Union Garage when they collapsed, just after 10 a.m. Tuesday.
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — One worker was injured when a stairwell that was being worked on collapsed at the union parking garage at Towson University.
Sky Eye Chopper 13 was above the scene, where a concrete stairwell collapsed while workers were putting up concrete steps in the stairwell.
A portion of the concrete fell on one of the worker’s legs. He was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The garage was in use at the time of the collapse.