Rescue in D.C.
These are pictures from D.C. Fire & EMS spokesman Alan Etter from a rescue this morning at a construction site at 900 11th Street, NW. Here is what Alan wrote about the operation:
DC Fire & EMS responded at 7:58 AM for what was initially described as a confined space rescue. When units arrived, they found two construction workers who had been injured by a falling steel beam. The beam was being lowered by a crane into the open construction pit when it broke free and fell a short distance, striking one man in the head and the other across the back. Both men then fell off a ladder on which they were working and fell 10 feet onto other construction materials. Utilizing two rescue squads, the special operations division coordinated a crane and stokes rescue of both patients. Both men were secured in a stokes basket – then, using an on-scene crane, raised up to the street level, where they were treated and then transported to GW Hospital. Their injuries were thought to be serious but not life-threatening. OSHA was investigating the accident.
