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Ceiling panel falls at MBTA’s Harvard Red Line station
The panel fell around 7:30 a.m., and engineers and station facilities officials are investigating. No one was injured.
A corroded ceiling panel fell at the MBTA‘s Harvard Square station platform early Thursday morning, two years after a similar incident at the same Red Line station.
An MBTA spokesperson said the panel fell around 7:30 a.m., and engineers and station facilities officials are investigating. No one was injured.
“With the safety of customers and employees its top priority, the MBTA is investigating an incident this morning in which a single panel fell from the ceiling at Harvard Station on the southbound platform. There were no injuries, and Red Line service was not impacted,” the spokesperson said.
The panel, which is made of light tin material, showed signs of corrosion, but the cause of the incident is still under investigation, according to the agency. The spokesperson said visual inspections of the area occur regularly, and there was a “hands-on inspection,” using ladders and lifts, last summer.
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In images shared online by Boston 25 News, the ceiling panel appeared fell near the stairs on the inbound platform.
Similar panels will be removed from the Harvard station overnight, the spokesperson said.
Almost exactly two years ago, the MBTA released a video of a corroded panel falling about 10 feet at the Harvard station, narrowly missing a rider.
The panel had been in place since 1978, then-General Manager Jeff Gonneville said during a press conference at the time. The incident prompted the removal of multiple panels.
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