Wednesday, April 1, 2015

WORKER AIRLIFTED AFTER BEING INJURED IN THE FIRST QUALITY ANDERSON CO. PLANT IN SOUTH CAROLINA







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.