NEEDHAM, Mass. — A worker was airlifted to a hospital Friday morning after a fall at a Needham construction site.
It happened at the new public safety headquarters being built at the corner of Chestnut and School streets.
The fire chief says they got the call at 8:38 Friday morning. The worker was reportedly standing on a steel beam when he fell 15-20 feet into a pit. It’s unclear what caused him to fall.
He was rescued and taken into an ambulance before being flown to the hospital.
The fire chief didn’t have an update on the worker’s condition but says he was conscious when transported and had cuts on his face and back pain.
We have reached out to the contractor for comment.
BREAKING: a construction worker was on one of these steel beams and fell about 15-20 feet down. He was conscious when rescued and was taken the hospital with non life threatening injuries. @boston25 pic.twitter.com/AsZywLJbPr
— Kelly Sullivan (@ksullivannews) March 5, 2021
BREAKING:
— Peter Wilson (@PetesWire) March 5, 2021
Rescuers are on scene at a construction site in #Needham,
We are told a worker was injured in a fall and a medical helicopter has been called to that scene.
This is at the new public safety headquarters being built on Chestnut Street.@boston25 @ksullivannews pic.twitter.com/HxAXWvcRKV
This is the third construction accident in our area in the last two weeks.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.
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