Worker killed after wall collapses at Midtown construction site
Site had previously been closed following safety concerns A constructionΒ workerΒ was killed recently when aΒ concrete wall collapsedΒ at a job site in Midtown Manhattan, according to the New York Post. The section of wall, which witnesses said looked toΒ haveΒ weighedseveral tons, fell on the worker during excavation at the site. The construction site, which will be the home of a 22-story hotel, had previously been shut down overΒ safety violations this summer. Additionally, theΒ hotel’sΒ builder has faced criticism in the pastover safety conditions at the company’s construction sites. Wall collapses Workers at the site were in the process of removing soil when the concrete slab, which belonged to a neighboring