At 11am this morning, the strong winds caused Murphy Tease, a 51-year-old riveter, an accident at a construction site where the Bomasso Engineering Co. was installing a post-and-beam framing for a furniture warehouse.
While standing on a beam that was around 15 inches wide, strong winds made Tease to lose his balance. Suddenly Tease waved his arms wildly for a few seconds and then fell backwards to the concrete base of the construction site. Unimaginably, Tease fell off 40 feet above ground causing a broken right arm, three broken ribs and a fractured left leg.
The city's building department had ordered to install safety lines for workers in order to avoid workplace accidents. However, many workers at the site said that these had not been installed. They also said the beams were slippery from last night's rainstorm.
Although Tease was unconscious when the ambulance arrived and took him to St. Luke's Hospital the nurse that was assisting him said he was in satisfactory condition.
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