Yankee Stadium worker hurt in fall

NEW YORK (AP) -- A construction worker at the new Yankee Stadium was taken to a hospital after falling 4 feet off a mobile scaffold.

The city Department of Buildings said the worker was jolted off the scaffold when one of its wheels hit a drain Friday afternoon. Firefighters earlier estimated the fall at 12 feet, but the buildings agency later said it was shorter.

Buildings spokesman Tony Sclafani said the worker initially declined medical attention but was taken to a hospital as a precaution.

The Yankees said the worker was hospitalized for observation.

Sclafani says the worker was taping wallboard together on the stadium's ground level. The $1.3 billion ballpark is due to open April 16.

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