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Worker injured in fall at Sarpy County construction siteĀ 

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LA VISTA, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a construction worker was injured in a fall at a worksite in northern Sarpy County.

First responders were dispatched around 8:40 a.m. Wednesday to the Andover Point Apartments. The Sarpy County Sheriff’s Office says 60-year-old Jerome Charvat was working on an elevated platform before plunging between 20 and 30 feet (6 meters and 9 meters) to the ground.

He was flown to an Omaha hospital.

The sheriff’s office is investigating the incident, and federal safety officials have been notified.

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