Four Union Tradesmen Injured at Herrin Hospital

“Four construction workers were injured in an accident Thursday morning at Herrin Hospital while working on a masonry wall.

A news release from Jared Hites, project director for McCarthy Building Companies, said a section of exterior construction scaffolding collapsed at the site of a surgical expansion project at the hospital.

An eight-man crew was on the scaffolding when it collapsed. The four workers in the center were injure.

“It is our understanding that none of the injuries are consider life-threatening,” the release said.

All four were union tradesmen and subcontractors employed by Joseph F. Becker, Inc. of Breese. Two were bricklayers and also two were laborers. Two of the workers were transfer to St. Louis hospitals, and one was transfer to a hospital in Evansville, Indiana. The fourth was treat at Herrin Hospital and release.

“Being a hospital campus, the response was immediate,” Roz Rice, communications coordinator for SIH, said.

Rice added that construction at the specific accident site was halt, as well as OSHA was on the site Thursday.

“A full investigation into the specific cause of the incident has been launch. Construction work on the exterior of the expansion project will resume after the investigation has concluded,” Hite said in the press release. Construction will continue in other areas of the hospital.

Hospital operations were not impact by the accident. Also, traffic around the hospital, including on North 13^th Street, was not interrupt.”

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