A construction worker has been “significantly” injured while working on a crane in Vancouver’s West End Thursday afternoon, Vancouver Fire Rescue Service (VFRS) tells 1130 NewsRadio.
The incident occurred just before 2:30 p.m. at a construction site located at Thurlow and Harwood.
“They were replacing a section of the crane… an operation that they do during the construction of the building,” said acting Asst. Chief Wes Abrams.
“There’s a worker who was in the mast of the crane and was struck by a cord and sustained a significant injury to his leg.”
“I believe it was a power cord from the crane that struck his leg and caused the damage to his leg.”
As of shortly before 4 p.m., the worker was still up over 200 feet in the air as crews work to treat and rescue him.
Abrams says the VFRS Technical Rescue team is working to bring the man down.
“They’re currently packaging up and getting lines in place, and then he will be lowered down the side of the mast.”
BC Emergency Health Services(BCEHS) is on the scene and will take control of the patient and bring him to hospital once he is back on the ground, Abrams says.
We have reached out to BCEHS and the Vancouver Police Department for more information.
This is a developing story.