NEW YORK -- A construction worker was rushed to the hospital Thursday after an accident on the Lower East Side. 

The worker fell about 30 feet and was trapped between two buildings just after 9 a.m. at a construction site on Broome Street, FDNY said. 

Officials said the rescue operation was difficult because of where the worker fell. 

"We had a solid concrete wall. The members took about a half hour to breach the wall, made a cut about six feet wide by two feet high, and we eventually pulled the worker out through the hole," said FDNY Battalion Chief John Leverock. 

The worker suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was expected to be OK, according to FDNY.