Construction Worker Injured at Citigroup Building in Tribeca

An unidentified injured worker is removed through the North Moore Street side of the Citigroup building at 388 Greenwich. He was taken to New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital. Photo: Carl Glassman/Tribeca Trib

A construction worker at Tribeca’s Citigroup tower, 388 Greenwich Street, was injured Tuesday afternoon after a material box slid off a forklift and hit his leg, according to a source. The worker, who was not identified, was examined by an onsite medic and the FDNY, the source said, and transported to New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital. A Fire Department spokesman said he did not have information on the worker’s condition, only that it was not life-threatening.

The worker was said to be employed by Gabriel Steel Erectors, a subcontractor of Orange County Iron works. A call to Gabriel Steel Erectors was not returned.

The building is undergoing a five-year, $2 billion reconstruction project that will transform the look of the 388 Greenwich St. tower and the building next to it at 390 Greenwich.