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A Chicago police officer speaks at the scene where four workers were seriously injured Oct. 25, 2018, when a staircase at a building in East Ukrainian Village collapsed as the workers tried to carry a granite slab up the stairs, officials said. Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
Four workers were injured when a staircase at an East Ukrainian Village building collapsed as they tried to carry a granite slab up the stairs, officials said.
The men were hurt about 11:25 a.m. when a back staircase at a building in the 800 block of North Paulina Street collapsed, according to police.
Two were taken to Stroger Hospital and two to Northwestern Memorial Hospital, all initially in serious-to-critical condition, said Larry Merritt, a spokesman for the Fire Department.
A man with a head injury and a man with injuries to his left arm and leg were taken to Northwestern, while a man with a back injury and a man with injuries to his foot and ankle were taken to Stroger, police said.