Emergency crews respond to rescue injured worker
A man was injured on a north Lethbridge job site Monday after falling 20 feet into a culvert.
Emergency crews responded to a call around 1:30 p.m. on Monday afternoon in regards to a man who had fallen down a manhole at an industrial worksite.
Three stations responded to the call.
The High-Angle Rescue Team was called in and administered initial medical treatment on site. The man was then transported underground between 20 and 30 metres to a different exit, where a pulley system was used in conjunction with a backhoe to lift the man out of the hole.
The man was transported to Chinook Regional Hospital, but Greg Adair, Deputy Chief of Operations, had no information on the extent of the man’s injuries.
He went on to praise the rescue workers involved, including the assistance of LPS members with the extraction.
“It was awesome (that) the police and us were working together to help this person who was at the bottom of the culvert,” he said.
Adair said the high-angle, water, and hazmat teams train frequently to prepare for infrequent call-outs. The highangle team is used on average between six to 10 times per year.
“We’re very fortunate in the City of Lethbridge that we do have these specialty teams,” said Adair. “We train on them frequently because these calls aren’t on a frequent occurrence.”
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