Worker Injured In Partial Hackensack Building Collapse

UPDATE: A worker was seriously injured when an awning that he and others were dismantling in front of an apartment building in Hackensack collapsed on him Friday, authorities confirmed.

Hackensack firefighters, co-workers and members of an EMS unit from HUMC tended to the victim after Friday's collapse on Polifly Road.
Photo Credit: *Tony Greco for DAILY VOICE*

Hackensack firefighters and HUMC EMS workers get the injured victim to a waiting ambulance following the Friday Oct. 27 mishap on Polifly Road.
Photo Credit: *Tony Greco for DAILY VOICE*

Responders to the mishap on Polifly Road in Hackensack around noon on Friday included a city building inspector and OSHA.
Photo Credit: *Tony Greco for DAILY VOICE*

The scene in front of 70 Polifly Road in Hackensack on Friday, Oct. 27.
Photo Credit: *Hackensack FD*

Jerry DeMarco

10/27/2023 1:01 p.m.

The 50-something victim was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with what appeared to be a broken arm, among other injuries, after the structure at the Parkview Apartments on Polifly Road gave way shortly before noon Oct. 27, responders said.

Hackensack police, their Emergency Services Unit and city firefighters were joined at the scene by city building, electrical and fire inspectors, OSHA and both a BLS and ALS unit from the hospital.

The building is owned by the Hackensack-based Ridgetop Corporation.

NOTE: A previous version of this story incorrectly reported that the worker fell from atop the scaffold. Responders at the scene said the structure fell on him.

Tony Greco took the photos above and contributed to this story.

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