LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Two building staff are within the hospital—one in vital situation—after being hit by a number of falling trusses whereas working at Potterville Excessive Faculty, hearth officers inform 6 Information.
Benton Township Hearth Division Captain Rick Sullivan says the decision got here in at round 2:15 p.m. Monday.
Potterville Excessive Faculty building website. (WLNS)
Sullivan says staff from Clark Development had been putting “steel decking” on prime of metal trusses over a fitness center at Potterville Excessive Faculty when round half a dozen trusses fell 40 toes, hitting two male staff.
The employees had been taken to a hospital in Lansing, the place one in every of them stays in vital situation, and the opposite in “non-critical but stable condition.”
Sullivan says work has stopped on the website and won’t resume till cleared by the Michigan Occupational Security and Well being Administration, which is the lead company investigating the incident.
Officers haven’t launched the names or ages of the employees concerned.
6 Information has reached out to Potterville Public Faculties and different authorities for extra info, however now we have but to obtain a response presently.
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