Man Killed in New York Building-Slab Accident
Gregory Bresnen, 41, was killed in Yonkers when a 2-ton concrete slab fell five stories in an unfinished building. Yonkers police Lt. Diane Hessler said that Bresnen and a partner had been working on the sixth floor of an unfinished building to fit a 4,000 pound pre-fab cement concrete floor into a slot with special pins when the concrete slab slipped. Bresnen's partner jumped off the slab but Bresnen fell with the slab several floors down. "This guy went down with the slab," Lt. Hessler said.
Bresnen was found on the third floor with severe head injuries and fractures. He was taken from the building in a basket and then transported to Jacobi Medical Center where he died. Bresnen worked for Carwin Construction Inc. Hessler says that the incident has been labeled an accident.
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