Worker injured at Times building site

BROOKSVILLE -- A 49-year-old employee of a Clearwater-based electrical company fell at the site of the new St. Petersburg Times bureau under construction west of Brooksville on Thursday.

Harvey Horner of Hudson was taken by ambulance to Oak Hill Hospital, said Lt. Joe Paez of the Hernando County Sheriff's Office.

Horner works for Morgan & Burt Electric Co., which was installing electrical wiring at the new building, Paez said.

Horner was found collapsed at the site about 11 a.m. after a co-worker called out to him and he didn't respond, Paez said. Police noticed a cut above his eye and pipes on the ground.

"He may have been hit (by a falling pipe), but the victim couldn't say what happened," Paez said.

Horner was treated at the hospital and released.

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