By Kerry Burke, Elizabeth Keogh
New York Daily News
NEW YORK 鈥� Five people were injured when a boom truck malfunctioned at a Manhattan construction site Tuesday, officials said.
Police and members of the FDNY were initially called to the corner of in Inwood around 2:25 p.m. for reports of a crane collapse.
When they arrived, first responders realized the piece of machinery was actually a built-in crane on a boom truck, the FDNY said in .
At 2:26pm, the FDNY responded to 3880 9th聽Avenue for report of a crane collapse. This was not a crane collapse, rather a smaller boom truck. Three people with non life-threatening injuries have been transported to area hospitals.
— FDNY (@FDNY)
UPDATE: A total of five people have been transported from the boom truck collapse at 3880 9th Ave in Manhattan. One is serious but non life threatening, the others are minor.
— FDNY (@FDNY)
The laborers were using the boom truck to move rebar, according to a construction worker at a lot across the street.
鈥淚t snapped right there and it came down with a boom,鈥� Paul Tyson told the Daily News. 鈥淥ne of the guys was buried and they were searching for him. They carried him out and it looked like he had a broken leg.鈥�
Medics transported three injured construction workers to an area hospital, where they were expected to recover. Two others were treated on the scene.
The most seriously injured worker suffered a broken femur, said a law enforcement source.
鈥淭he first thing you have to wonder is if it was overloaded,鈥� Tyson said. 鈥淥nce it got to that height with that weight, the boom just came apart.鈥�
Demolition permits attached to the address were first filed in May 2022, Department of Buildings records show.
Last month, a man was injured working at the lot. A construction safety enforcement agent inspecting the site determined the general contractor failed to communicate required information to workers, records show.
A 17-story mixed-use project was under construction at the scene of Tuesday鈥檚 incident. Two other projects, including a , are underway at the same intersection.
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