Construction worker injured while working on new dorm

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UK Police officers leave the scene of a accident where a construction worker was injured when a piece of plywood fell from the 6th floor of a building at the site of new Haggin Hall in Lexington , Ky.,on Monday, December 10, 2012. Photo by Michael Reaves

By Nick Gray

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A Messer Construction employee working on the new Haggin Hall was taken to UK Chandler Hospital Wednesday with serious injuries after being hit in the head with a sheet of plywood.

The worker, a 24-year-old man, was lying unconscious in the courtyard when police arrived, Monroe said. He was wearing a hard hat at the time of the accident.

The plywood was being lifted by crane to the roof when it fell, possibly because of wind, UK Police Chief Joe Monroe said.

Police and fire were called to the scene at around 11:50 a.m.