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Construction workers fall 18 feet at Harvard construction site in Allston
By adamg on Wed, 03/21/2018 - 4:28pm
Victim being lowered to the ground. Photo by BFD.
The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded around 2:15 p.m. to 140 Western Ave., where two workers fell about 18 feet at the construction site for Harvard's new science and engineering complex.
Both workers were lowered to the ground and handed off to EMTs for transportation to a local hospital. Both suffered injuries not considered life threatening, the department says.
Preparing the second victim for transport. @BEMSincidents assisting. pic.twitter.com/nnSOMKzft6
— Boston Fire Dept. (@BostonFire) March 21, 2018
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Both of those construction workers were lucky.
Here's hoping they've got no serious injuries, and that they're not crippled for life!
It's usually protocol
to do a full spinal immobilization of anyone who's been through something that could cause a spinal injury, just as a precaution. So while it's concerning that someone's been through such a fall, the fact that EMS backboarded them doesn't indicate an injury.
Two workers
probably means a railing gave way, if I had to hazard a guess. Not just someone neglecting to clip in.
(But I haven't worked construction; maybe someone else has more insight...)