Worker Injured At UES Carlyle House: FDNY

UPPER EAST SIDE, NY — A construction worker was brought to the hospital after falling off of a sidewalk shed at the exclusive Carlyle House on Wednesday afternoon, according to city officials.

According to FDNY officials, the work fell at around at around 1:40 p.m. and suffered an injury to their back.

The department initially reported that the worker had fallen from a ladder.

The injured worker was brought by first responders to Cornell Medical Center and is now recovering at home, according to officials.

A subsequent Department of Buildings inspection discovered that the worker had fallen off of stairs attached to the side of a sidewalk shed at the upscale co-op on East 77th Street and Madison Avenue.

The contractor, Schnellbacher-Sendon Group, was issued violations from the DOB for a failure to immediately notify the department of the injury and for an unrelated failure to provide safety barriers at the construction site, according to a department spokesperson.

City records show that the building has been undergoing facade repair work since last year.

Since 2015, the New Jersey based contractor has received seven violations from the DOB's scaffold safety team for issues at the Carlyle House, totally just over $4,000 in fines.

A representative for the contractor was unavailable for comment.

The 17-story Carlyle House at 50 East 77th St. was built alongside the more famous Carlyle Hotel in 1929, according to a description at Streeteasy.com. A three-bedroom apartment sold last August for $5.5 million.

Ground floor retail tenants include the ultra-high end Vera Wang Bridal shop, Sleepy Jones and Gabriela Hearst.