Zoo construction worker critically injured by steel beam
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A construction worker was injured at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium Monday morning.
He was injured by a 500-pound steel beam near the Desert Dome around 11:30 a.m. The worker was conscious and alert as he was taken to Nebraska Medicine in critical condition.
His name hasn't been released. Kiewit Construction says he's an ironworker for subcontractor M&M Steel Erection and was working on the Conservation Academy at the time of the accident.
Kiewit Statement regarding worker injury at Henry Doorly Zoo Construction Project