UPDATED: Worker seriously injured in Jefferson City accident

UPDATED 2:04 P.M.: An OSHA representative said the agency is investigating the incident.

ORIGINAL: A worker is in critical but stable at a Columbia hospital after an accident in Jefferson City Tuesday.

A Jefferson City Fire Department spokesman said it happened in the 5800 block of Algoa Road, the location of Mid-Missouri Surfaces.

The department’s report said three marble slabs, each weighing 1,000 pounds, shifted and fell on the man as they were being moved.

The man was flown to a Columbia hospital.

It’s not known what caused the slabs to fal, the spokesman said.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article has been corrected to reflect that the patient was flown to a Columbia hospital and to remove a reference to whether OSHA is investigating. It’s unknown whether OSHA is investigating at this time.