Worker pinned under falling debris “doing fine”.
A little under a week ago, we reported on a demolition worker being critically injured on the Technical High School project in Springfield. Thankfully, this demolition worker is made of pretty tough stuff as he’s back home and says he’s “doing fine” according to local newspaper reports.
Considering that just four days earlier the 51-year-old construction worker fell 12 feet and was pinned under a 7-foot by 4-foot slab of concrete during the demolition of the former Springfield Technical High School on Elliot Street, the most remarkable thing is that he is still around to feel anything.
McMurray was in critical condition at Baystate Medical Center and for a time was in medically induced coma in the hospital’s intensive care unit. He was released Saturday and is now resting at his home in Wallingford, Conn. He suffered several cracked ribs and a broken right wrist.
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