BOSTON (WHDH) - A construction worker is in the hospital after a 20-foot fall while working in downtown Boston on Thursday, officials said.
Emergency crews responding to a call for a construction worker who fell from a structure on 150 Federal St. at 4:45 p.m. were able to use a crane to lower the victim to safety after the firefighter said he suffered a serious leg injury, officials said.
“They just couldn’t bring him down the stairs so they brought in the crane,” Brian Alkins of Boston Fire said.
Sky7 HD flew above the high anxiety scene as it played out late Thursday afternoon. A group of worried onlookers gathered below.
“We packaged him up in a stokes basket to get them out easier and we had to use a tower crane to get additional equipment up there and once we got up there we were able to bring him down safely,” Alkins explained.
Once on the ground, the man was loaded into an ambulance and rushed to the hospital.
Firefighters said the location made the rescue mission difficult.
“It’s a construction site which makes it difficult the stairs may not be in service in certain places so it makes access a lot harder to get to equipment there so that’s why we had to use the crane there’s holes in the floor cause it’s still under construction so they did a good job get them out safely.”
No additional information was immediately released.
At 4:45 a Tech Rescue at 150 Federal St. Downtown for a construction workers, that fell approximately 20 feet. pic.twitter.com/wIAhfQmDwK
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) November 19, 2020
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