Brooklyn, NY — There was an accident reported about two weeks ago at the Red Hook East Houses, which look to be government-owned housing, that left a worker injured. Police said that a worker at the building was hospitalized after an A/C cooling unit accidentally fell about 6 stories and hit him.
He was rushed to a hospital, but was not in life-threatening condition.
It’s not quite clear how this happened, but it appears that some workers were trying to install the cooling unity on the 6th floor of the building (which is located on Henry Street) when it fell down.
No names were released. This happened on Friday, July 31, 2015 at about 8:30 a.m.
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The cause of the accident has yet to be determined, as I understand things, but it seems like someone ought to be answerable to what happened here. At the end of the day, it’s amazing that this worker wasn’t more seriously injured. The question I have is whether the workers who accidentally dropped the A/C unit were working for the same company that injured man worked for. If they were part of different work crews, which is common, then the at-fault company may have some liability here.
Of course, that’s all contingent upon what agreement the General Contractor has drawn up for their worksite, but that’s generally how labor law is applied.
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