Construction Worker’s Leg Partially Amputated In On-Site Injury

ODENTON, Md.  (WJZ)— A construction worker is seriously injured after being struck by a piece of heavy equipment at an operating site in Odenton.

It happened around 8:15 a.m. Thursday in the 2600-block of Conway Road in Anne Arundel County.

When firefighters arrived on the scene, they found the 40-year-old construction worker suffering from an incomplete amputation of his right leg.

He was transported to Shock Trauma with serious, non-life threatening injuries.

A firefighter operating on the scene of the incident also suffered a minor injury and is being treated at a local hospital.

No other injuries were reported.

Anne Arundel County Police and Maryland Occupation Safety and Health are investigating the incident.