Workers hurt at minor accident at Bay Club

Jennifer Kho

NEWPORT BEACH -- Two carpenters at a Balboa Bay Club construction site

suffered minor injuries Thursday when part of a wood frame fell on them.

One carpenter, who fell on a bolt sticking up from the floor, gashed

his knee, which required stitches, and cut his head, said Gayle Jones,

risk manager for Snyder Langston, the contractor on the job.

The work was part of the $55-million renovation project at the club,

which includes an underground parking structure, a new clubhouse and a

new hotel.

The second carpenter was hit in the back and will be sore but did not

require treatment, she said.

“There was obviously no threat to their lives,” Jones said. “Of course

we’re hoping to have them recover and come back to work real soon.”

Both men were taken to Hoag Hospital at 12:38 p.m. and were released

at about 4 p.m.

The two men -- whose names were not released by press time -- were

working on a section of wall frame that was formed on the ground.

They had lifted the section, but it fell over before they could tack

it into place, Jones said.

A big gust of wind blew the frame over, said Newport Beach Police Sgt.

Ron Rogers.

No one else was involved in the accident.

“It was a minor incident and just one of those things,” said Henry

Schielein, the Balboa Bay Club president and chief operating officer.