APRIL 1, 2015
ANDERSON, SC (FOX CAROLINA)
One person was airlifted from the First Quality plant on
Masters Boulevard in Anderson early Wednesday morning after suffering an
injury, according to a First Quality spokesperson.
Emergency dispatchers said EMS was dispatched to the plant
just after 1 a.m. and a medical helicopter was requested a short time later.
Dispatchers said the patient was alert and breathing when
the helicopter took off.
A First Quality spokesperson said details about the injury
could not be released but that the incident was being investigated.
"Safety is of the utmost importance for First Quality
and we will take all necessary measures to ensure a similar incident does not
reoccur," said spokesperson Moshe Oppenheim.
Oppenheim said First Quality was hopeful the employee would
make a full recovery.