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The worker who suffered critical injuries following a scaffolding incident in Manhattan Monday morning has died, authorities say
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Authorities responded to a report of a scaffolding collapse on 2nd Avenue and 50th Street around 11:55 a.m. Monday
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FDNY also responded to a report of a scaffold incident on Broadway; It is unclear if anyone was injured in that incident
The worker who suffered critical injuries following a scaffolding incident in Manhattan Monday morning has died, authorities say.
The FDNY says a coping stone, also known as a copestone, fell from a higher level of a building on Second Avenue and 50th Street around 11:55 a.m. striking the worker on a scaffold n the head.
His name has not been released.
Police initially said it was a falling brick that hit the worker in the head.
The city’s Department of Buildings says “workers were performing permitted minor facade repairs outside of the building at the time of the incident, when a piece of the building’s parapet fell on top of a worker.”
The department is continuing to investigate the cause of the incident.
The FDNY also responded to a report of a scaffold incident on Broadway after a call came in at 11:18 a.m.
It is unclear if anyone was injured in that incident.
Source : Nbcnewyork
