NEW YORK CITY-The Metropolitan TransportationAuthority has launched a full-scale investigationfollowing a crane collapse that occurred at thesite of the 7 train extension project in Midtown after the accidentkilled one worker and injured another. As a result of the incident,the MTA says in a statement to GlobeSt.com on Wednesday afternoonthat all work on the construction site has been suspended until theNew York City Department of Buildings providesmore information.

Authorities indentified the worker as Michael Simermeyer, 30, ofBurlington, NJ, according to the Associated Press. He was employed byemployed by subcontractor J&E Industries LLC,and the crane was owned and operated by Yonkers ContractingCo. Inc.

The incident occurred between 33^rd and34^th streets on the east side of 11^th Avenue,and the MTA says the organization vows “to do everything we can toensure that everyone working on projects to better the lives of allNew Yorkers can do so as safely as possible.”