Posted Aug. 02, 2018
Firefighters responded Thursday afternoon to what had been reported as a partial wall collapse on the 46th floor of 3 World Trade Center, the 80-story Silverstein Properties tower that is still undergoing some interior construction. A worker was taken to Bellevue Hospital with a non-life threatening injury, according to an FDNY spokeswoman, who said the collapse report was unfounded.
Silverstein Properties spokesman Dara McQuillan said in a statement that the worker injured his leg while removing a plywood and sheetrock interior wall.
The building, which officially opened at a ribbon cutting ceremony in June, is 38 percent rented.
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LOWER MANHATTAN, NY —
A worker was taken to the hospital Thursday after being injured at 3 World Trade Center, an FDNY spokeswoman said.
An initial report of a wall collapse at the Lower Manhattan skyscraper proved to be false, the spokeswoman said. The injured worker was transported to New York Presbyterian's Lower Manhattan Hospital suffering non life-threatening injuries.
The worker was dismantling a wall inside the tower when he was hurt, a spokesperson for Silverstein Properties — which owns 3 World Trade Center — said in a statement.
"A construction worker injured his leg this afternoon while he was dismantling a sheetrock and plywood wall within the building. The injury is not life-threatening, he has been transported to the hospital and we wish him well," the spokesman said.
Three World Trade Center is the third tower to be built on the site of the original World Trade Center since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. The building is located next to the Oculus transit hub and across the street from the National September 11 Memorial & Museum. The building opened in June after a lengthy construction period.