On Wednesday morning, an industrial accident brought emergency crews to a construction site near Cogswell Street in Halifax.
According to Halifax Regional Police and Halifax Regional Fire, crews responded to the incident just before 10:20 a.m.
A worker fell from a ladder into the construction site, 30 feet below ground.
“(The) patient was involved in preparation of reinforcing rebar for the next phase of construction at the time of the accident,” said Peter Andrews with Halifax Fire.
“HRFE responded with their Technical Rescue Team who packaged the patient in a rescue basket and removed them from the foundation location with the assistance of a worksite crane,” he said in the email.
The worker, who suffered what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries, was handed over to Emergency Health Services.
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In an email statement, the Nova Scotia Department of Labour told Global News it is investigating the incident.
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“A stop work order has been issued on the equipment involved in the incident,” it said. “Our inspection is ongoing. We have no further information to share at this time.”
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