ITEM PHOTO BY OWEN O’ROURKE
Emergency crews load an injured person into an ambulance after a workplace injury at North Shore Community College.
By BRIDGET TURCOTTE
LYNN — Emergency workers transported a construction worker working on the North Shore Community College addition Friday to Salem Hospital with non-life threatening injuries after concrete slabs fell on him.
The accident occurred at about 10:45 a.m., according to North Shore Campus police.
Lynn Police Lt. Richard Donnelly said campus police and the Lynn Fire Department initially responded to the scene.
“The container that (the slabs) were in somehow opened up and they fell onto the worker,” Donnelly said. “It’s up to construction company to call OSHA themselves because it’s a non life threatening accident.”
Police did not identify the worker.
DeIulis Brothers Construction, a Lynn-based construction company, is completing the work at the school, said Linda Brantley, director of public relations for NSCC. Brantley called the accident a “dynamic situation” and said the details were not clear.
The 37,000-square-foot addition to the campus is expected to be completed by next spring. The $21 million expansion will provide 10 new classrooms, a Student Success Center, a centralized testing center and space for math, technology, a Center for Teaching, Learning and Assessment and offices.
Bridget Turcotte can be reached at bturcotte@Itemlive.com. Follow her on Twitter @BridgetTurcotte