Friday, March 30, 2018

A female employee working at a construction site fell from a second story scaffolding in Salt Lake City in Utah


Woman taken to hospital after fall at construction site in SLC
Mark Green, Updated at 05:26PM, March 28, 2018




SALT LAKE CITY — A construction worker was hospitalized after she fell from scaffolding at a Salt Lake City construction site Wednesday.

The woman fell from the building at roughly 150 North and 400 West, said Salt Lake City fire spokeswoman Audra Sorensen.

Crews took her to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray in an ambulance about 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sorensen said. She fell from the building's west side.

"She fell several feet," Sorensen said. "Whether that was 50 or 100, I don't know." The fire department responds to falls often, she said, but generally not to ones of such magnitude.

The worker's name, the extent of her injuries and the company she works for were not immediately released.

Sorensen urged caution for anyone scaling heights and said it's a good idea to have someone else nearby who can help or call 911 in the event of a fall.

"I think that whether you're cleaning out your rain gutters or painting or working, you have to be very, very mindful that anything can happen," she said.

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SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Firefighters confirm one person was injured in an industrial accident at a construction site in downtown Salt Lake City Wednesday.

Audra Sorensen, a spokesperson for Salt Lake City Fire Department, said there was an industrial accident in the area of 150 North and 400 West shortly after 4 p.m.

Sorensen said a female employee working at a construction site fell from a second story. The woman was taken to a local hospital. No specific information about her condition was immediately available.