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Glass Panel Kills and Injures New York Construction Workers
One employee was injured, while the other was killed at the Midtown construction site
One worker was killed and another worker sustained minor injuries from a falling glass panel at a New York City construction site on June 2nd, 2018. According to investigators from the New York City Department of Buildings, an approximately 8-by-14-feet panel was awaiting installation in a loading dock when it tipped over and fell onto a security worker on the site at 217 W. 57th St., a building which is expected to be the second tallest skyscraper in the United States when it is completed in 2020.
The Central Park Tower, as developers Extell Development Company and the Shanghai Municipal Investment Group have called it, will become home to a Nordstrom flagship store at its base, with 179 luxury condos and 50,000 square feet of amenities.
As a result of the construction accident from a falling object, the Department of Buildings has issued a full stop order and a violation of the property owners.
