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Staten Island Construction Accident Injures Two Workers

According to the Staten Island Advance newspaper and ForConstructionPros.com, a New York Construction accident injured two construction workers on Tuesday, July 28.

The NYC construction accident took place when an asphalt milling machine tipped over while on a steep hill where workers were repairing and resurfacing the road at Cunard Place and Ridgefield Avenue. The heavy machinery, which is owned by Perfetto Contracting Co., of Brooklyn. Both the milling machine operator and a fellow worker were taken to Staten Island University Hospital in Ocean Breeze with minor on-the-job injuries. The machine came to rest on its side in the middle of the intersection where work was being done.

Initial reports say the machine was made off balance by the boom, flipping the equipment, spilling about 30 gallons of fuel, missing a great deal of valuable property, and luckily not seriously injuring any construction workers. The equipment also leaked hydraulic fluid, some of which spilled into a nearby drain. Firefighters from Hazardous Materials Co. 1 as well as other emergency workers cleaned up the mess and siphoned the rest of the potentially dangerous substances from the toppled machine.

An industrial tow truck will be used to move the machine back into an upright position. The asphalt milling machine weighs around 45 tons - and many from the accident scene were simply relieved that the construction accident did not cause any more damage than it did.

Traffic was temporarily stopped on Richmond Road as the road job accident was dealt with by officials.

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