Construction Worker's Deadly Fall Investigated By Feds: Report

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — Federal officials are looking into the death of a construction worker who fell from scaffolding in East Flatbush last weekend, according to reports.

The 58-year-old man fell from loose scaffolding at a construction site on Nostrand Avenue near Linden Boulevard on Sunday afternoon, according to police and city records.

Emergency responders rushed the worker to Kings County Hospital in critical condition but were unable to save his life, police said.

A representative from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration — the federal agency that regulates worker safety — told the Daily News the agency had opened an investigation into the fall on Monday.

"The scaffold holding the worker (fatality victim) went vertical, causing the worker to fall from the scaffold," the spokeswoman told the Daily News.

A stop work order was placed on the construction site Sunday when the FDNY reported a “loose scaffold,” Department of Buildings records show.

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