Two workers suffered non-life-threatening injuries Monday when a roof truss gave way at the construction site of Bow’s new public safety complex.
Emergency personnel responded to the site on Knox Road about 10 a.m. The two workers were taken by ambulance to Concord Hospital.
The injured workers are local subcontractors, according to town officials.
Weare-based Gary Chicoine Construction Corporation was hired by the town to oversee the building’s construction. A message left at the construction company was not immediately returned Monday.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has opened an investigation into the incident, according to spokesman James Lally. That investigation will determine whether there were any violations of workplace safety standards that led to the workers’ injuries.
Installation of the roof trusses has been halted until OSHA’s probe is complete, select board Chairman Harry Judd said Monday afternoon. He noted there is still plenty of work to do at the site in the meantime and the incident is not expected to delay completion of the project.
Construction of the new safety complex began this past summer, and the building is expected to be fully operational in the first quarter of 2017, Judd said.
Photos posted to the town’s website show that installation of the trusses on a portion of the police wing began in late October.
The total project is projected to cost about $4.3 million