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NYC Construction Worker Breaks Ribs In 8-Story Fall From Scaffolding

Scaffolding safety is a major concern for construction workers – especially for those who work on the upper floors of some of Manhattan’s tall buildings and sky scrappers. If scaffolding is not safe, a routine construction job can end in a serious construction site accident and construction site injury – and this was certainly the case in the Garment District in New York City on Christmas Eve.

On December 24, construction worker 29-year-old Jose Paulino of the Bronx fell eight stories after the building scaffolding he was working from broke under his feet. The man was seriously injured but will survive the 80-foot fall, according to St. Vincent Hospital where the young man is recovering from broken ribs, a neck injury, a leg injury, and a shoulder injury.

The construction accident took place at 580 Eighth Ave and 38th St., where Paulino was taking apart scaffolding after repairing the side of a 20 story building. The scaffolding plank he was standing on at the 16th story snapped underneath him and he fell to another piece of scaffolding 8 stories below. His brother, 26-year-old Juan Paulino, also of the Bronx, witnessed the fall.

Paulino’s mother, wife, and children comforted him at the hospital and shared their thanks for his survival. The New York City Building Department has ordered work to stop at the construction site until the NYC construction accident is fully investigated. The construction company employing Paulino, Dry New York, is also looking into the accident.

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