A worker on a construction site in North Vancouver was lowered on ropes from a crane platform Friday morning after injuring his foot while approximately 30 metres off the ground.
District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue crews were called to the construction site at 2035 Fullerton Ave. after a 30-year-old worker injured his foot while working near the top of the crane.
Six workers were up the crane at the time, said Jason DeRoy, assistant chief with District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue, and were manoeuvring a dolly. “It moved on them and it ended up crushing his left foot.”
The injured man was attended to by the site’s first aid attendant on a crane platform until firefighters arrived. Crews strapped the worker into a basket stretcher, put a technical rope system in place, then lowered the man to the ground, said DeRoy. The injured worker was then taken to Lions Gate Hospital.
