Startups & Venture·The Boring CompanyTunneling halted at Boring Company job site in Las Vegas after ‘crushing injury’ of worker reportedBy Jessica MathewsBy Jessica MathewsSenior WriterJessica MathewsSenior WriterJessica Mathews is a senior writer for Fortune covering startups and the venture capital industry.SEE FULL BIO Aaron Bauer-Griffin—Getty ImagesBoring Company’s tunneling operations have been temporarily susp at one of the company’s construction sites as regulatory officials investigate a “crushing injury” Wednesday evening that took place in Las Vegas, according to spokespeople from the local fire department and OSHA.
Boring Company employees told emergency responders that a “co-worker had sustained a crushing injury,” according to a spokeswoman for the Clark County Fire Department, who told Fortune in an that the department received a call an “industrial/machinery incident” at apximately 10:12 p.m.
Wednesday evening. An 18-person rescue crew was dispatched, and the Fire Department used an on-site crane to lift the worker from the tunnel.
The worker was subsequently transported to a local hospital, the Fire Department says. “The patient is reported to be stable,” the spokeswoman said.
The hospital did not return an immediate request for . The Clark County Fire Department said that tunnel boring operations had been temporarily halted at the site pending an accident investigation.
A spokeswoman for Nevada OSHA told Fortune the agency had been notified of the incident and dispatched officials to the site to open an investigation.
The incident took place along Paradise Road, where the Boring Company has been working on expanding its tunnel system to the Las Vegas airport.
Boring Company has received initial apvals to dig a 68-mile underground public transit system in the City.
Thus far, it has 3.5 miles of tunnels below the Las Vegas Convention Center and to connecting res.
Investigations published by Fortune last year found that dozens of employees had been injured during Boring Co.
jects including the construction of the tunnel to the Wynn and Encore re on Las Vegas Boulevard, and that the Las Vegas monorail had to briefly be shut down after Boring Company workers dug too close to its foundation.
After Fortune’s reporting, the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority started taking a more hands-on role in safety and appointed an employee to oversee their work.
The CEO of the LCVCA told Fortune a few weeks ago that he was not aware of any major safety incidents since that appointment.
The Boring Company has recently begun testing self-driving Tesla vehicles, with safety drivers, in the tunnels below the Convention Center.
Boring is still awaiting permits from the city to start construction on a tunnel within City limits that would run below Las Vegas Boulevard.
The company is also starting preparations for another tunnel system below the city of Nashville. The Boring Company did not return an immediate request for . Are you an employee at the Boring Company?
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