December 14, 2007
Accident at Ground Zero Construction Site Injures One
A construction crane crushed construction trailers and trapped a worker this morning. According to 1010WINS, the FDNY says "the crane dropped a load of steel it was carrying and crushed the trailers. At least one person was rescued; his condition was not immediately available."
The accident took place at 200 Vesey Street - the very site where Goldman Sachs is building a new world headquarters. The city and state gave Goldman Sachs $650 million in incentives to build there (hello, Liberty Bonds!) to build across from the site where Freedom Tower will rise. The construction company is Tishman.
Reports from the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center have shown that there is an incredible amount of work being done downtown, especially near the World Trade Center site.
And NotifyNYC, the city's alert-messaging program, sent out a message about the accident.
Update: The injured worker was an architect. Apparently the "nylon sling that was carrying...25- to 30-foot-long pieces of galvanized steel..." snapped. AUGH! The architect was taken to St. Vincent's - it's unclear what kind of condition he or she is in.
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I recd my "NotifyNYC" alert at 11:47AM. I'd be curious to know how timely they are but I haven't yet found an exact time when this collapse took place.
It's family holiday lunch day here work next door to the accident. One of my coworkers and her little boy were looking out the window 34 floors up at that crane when it snapped.
so when will it be considered official by the city, some proper agency or whoever that construction safety in the city SUCKS and appears to be on the decline probably due to everyone rushing to profit from what is left of a good nyc real estate market????????
oh, of course, the city doesn't want to burst THAT bubble. i sure hope someone does it soon!
seriously. this is really unbelievable. standards have really gone down the tubes with this city's obsession with real estate and construction. something has to give, obviously, and it's giving way all over town. how many fires and collapses have to take place before someone realizes that something has to give, and it's giving way all over town?
ptwnbkr: you're new here aren't you?
It wasn't at the WTC site, it was Goldman Sachs. Right next door of course, but a different project.
hell no, edex, i been here over 30 years.... and you?
i just feel that enough is enough. its gotten way worse lately though it always has been bad.
hell no, edex, i been here over 30 years.... and you?
i just feel that enough is enough. its gotten way worse lately though it always has been bad.
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