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Two workers were injured astatine a Toronto operation tract connected Thursday and 1 was rescued by occurrence crews who utilized a handbasket and crane to little the antheral to the ground.
Fire crews rescued 1 with handbasket and pulleys, different made it down himself
CBC News
· Posted: Apr 10, 2025 8:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago
Two workers were injured astatine a Toronto operation tract connected Thursday and 1 was rescued by occurrence crews who utilized a handbasket and crane to little the antheral to the ground.
Emergency crews were called to the tract connected Dundas Street W. adjacent Kipling Avenue astatine astir 12:25 p.m for reports of 2 radical trapped.
Toronto paramedics said they took a 38-year-old antheral with life-threatening injuries to a trauma centre and a 42-year-old antheral with non-life-threatening injuries to a section hospital.
According to paramedics, a crane shifted and the 2 workers were pinned by scaffolding.
Toronto Fire Services said its crews performed a "high-angle rescue" to bring 1 antheral to safety, utilizing rigging, pulleys and ropes and the crane that was determination to anchor the rescue effort.
The different worker, meanwhile, made his mode disconnected the extortion and down done the gathering with immoderate assistance from occurrence crews.
Ontario's Ministry of Labour says it is investigating. The ministry said the two workers were injured portion moving connected a operation project.
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