Photo courtesy of the Solomons Volunteer Rescue Squad and
Fire Department
MARCH 13, 2015
SOLOMONS, MARYLAND
The Solomons Volunteer Rescue Squad and Fire Department
(Company 3) responded to a work accident on the island Thursday, March 12
around 3 p.m.
A construction worker at the Chesapeake Biological
Laboratory on Williams Road was injured when he came in contact with high
voltage wires.
According to the Company 3 web site, the responding crews
“quickly devised a rescue plan to access the victim and make ready for
evacuation via rope rescue systems. Making use of a crane on scene to assist as
high directional the patient was loaded into a stokes basket, lowered to safety
and an awaiting emergency medical services crew within 20 minutes of arrival.”
The injured worker was flown by Maryland State Police
Trooper 7 to Washington Hospital Center. The worker’s name has not been
released.
In additional to Company 3, crews from Calvert Advanced Life
Support (CALS, Company 10) and Tower 29 from St. Mary’s County were dispatched
to the scene.