National Shoring LLC
2025-08-29 · NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT
Final narrative
Pile-driving operations were being conducted when a steel I-beam broke loose and fell horizontally. The beam hit an excavator and rolled into an employee who was standing nearby, signaling commands to the excavator operator. The employee's leg was fractured and nearly severed.
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