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Worker Injured At Downtown Las Vegas Construction Site

A construction worker on the 23rd floor of a downtown high-rise construction site was injured when a gust of wind lifted a wood form and knocked the worker over Wednesday afternoon. Preliminary reports indicated that there was a building collapse, but the building did not have any damage. The worker was taken to the UMC Trauma Unit.

Fire dispatchers were notified at 2:09 p.m. of the possible building collapse at the Streamline Towers on the corner of Ogden Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard. When firefighters arrived, they went to the 23rd floor of the 25-story condo project under construction. They found one of the workers with two leg injuries. He was put into a medical basket, treated by paramedics on the 23rd floor and brought down by a crane that was already on the job site to a waiting fire department ambulance. He was taken to the UMC Trauma Unit with two possible leg fractures.

Frank Martin, president of Martin-Harris Construction, told fire officials that workers were in the process of being evacuated from the job site because of gusty winds. The injured worker was one of the last ones to leave the 23rd floor when the wind pushed the wood form over onto his legs. No other workers were injured.

The incident is being investigated by company safety officials. The company said that OSHA would be notified, which is standard procedure after a construction injury accident.

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