Construction Worker Falls From Scaffolding on Eastern Parkway

A construction worker was taken to the hospital after falling from scaffolding at an Eastern Parkway building Thursday morning.

The man was walking on the wooden planks of the structure looking for nails that had fallen from the roof when the boards underneath him broke apart, sending him about 8 feet to the ground, construction workers at the scene said.

The man, who was in his 30s, was conscious and seemed unlikely to die when EMS workers arrived just after 9:39 a.m., an FDNY spokesman said.  

The accident took place at Turner Towers, 135 Eastern Parkway, between Washington and Underhill avenues. According to a manager from the scaffolding company, Triborough, the scaffolding is being put up for brickwork repointing.