Worker trapped in concrete space after long fall
A man is in critical condition after falling up to into a concrete space at a construction site in on Friday afternoon, the Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed.
A man in critical condition fell up to 45 feet at a North Hollywood construction site on Friday. Fire crews rescued him from a subterranean concrete space near Cleon Avenue.
A man is in critical condition after falling up to into a concrete space at a construction site in on Friday afternoon, the Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed.
Fire crews responded to the 5400 block of North Cleon Avenue at 3:07 p.m. after receiving a report of a worker trapped in a subterranean space near the intersection of Burbank Boulevard and Vineland Avenue.
"The patient was successfully rescued from a subterranean concrete construction site, and is being transported to a local hospital in critical condition," according to the Los Angeles Fire Department incident log.
Firefighters and paramedics from Station 60 and Battalion 14 arrived on scene and began a rescue operation. The incident was initially classified as a confined space rescue.
By 3:40 p.m., crews had freed the man and loaded him into an ambulance. He was transported to a nearby hospital.
The LAFD later updated the incident classification. Officials determined the fall was not technically a confined space rescue.
"This was determined not to be a confined space rescue. Cause of the long fall is undetermined," according to the LAFD alerts page.
Both NBC Los Angeles and KTLA reported the victim is approximately 40 years old. Neither outlet identified the man by name.
The construction company operating the site was not immediately identified. Cal/OSHA was not listed as a responding agency in the LAFD incident log, but investigations into construction falls typically involve workplace safety regulators.
No firefighters were injured during the operation. The hospital where the man was taken has not released information on his specific injuries or prognosis.
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