Wichita, KS — A construction worker at the Mid-Continent Airport in Wichita, KS was injured last week after a work-related accident. Mitchell Hadley, 29, was badly injured after a 3-ton steel beam fell from a forklift and pinned him to the ground.
This happened on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, in the morning hours. Hadley was working with Crossland Construction. He was near a forklift that was trying to lift a 3-ton steel beam above him when the forklift suddenly started to tip over.
The beam landed on Hadley’s chest and pinned him to the ground. He was eventually freed and taken to a hospital, where he miraculously was released only 4 days later. Authorities said that he still has recovery ahead of him, but that he was not in a life-threatening condition.
So far, it’s not clear why the forklift tipped over that morning or whether it was a Crossland Construction vehicle.
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