Toronto firefighters rescue man pinned eight storeys up on construction site
By The Canadian Press
Health & SafetyToronto Fire say they rescued a worker who was stuck at a high-rise construction site eight storeys above ground.
Capt. David Eckerman says they got the call around 10:20 a.m. Oct. 28 for a man who was pinned between an outside elevator and the building in midtown Toronto.
He says the man, who is in his 30s, became stuck after pipes jammed the elevator.
Eckerman says the man was conscious, but had suffered severe injuries.
He says firefighters were able to place a safety harness around the man and secure the elevator.
Our @Toronto_Fire high angle rescue crews have successfully extricated the trapped patient and are in the process of setting up to lower him. 8 storeys up. @TorontoMedics assessing the patient before lowering. @TPSOperations and MOL on scene assisting. pic.twitter.com/y7I6Lf3uL7
— Matthew Pegg (@ChiefPeggTFS) October 28, 2019
Eckerman says the man was then placed in a basket attached to the reticulating arm of a fire truck and returned to the ground where he was taken to hospital.
He says the rescue took a little more than an hour until the man was safely on the ground.