A worker in his late twenty’s has been injured after twelve sheets of timber wood fell onto his chest in Darling road of Cape Town CBD region.
ER24 paramedics arrived on the scene to find the worker lying on the pavement and in serious pain. Paramedics assessed the patient to find that he may have suffered possible chest and pelvis injuries. Advanced Life Support intervention was performed on the patient and was transported to hospital for further medical treatment.
It is believed that workers were dropping off the sheets of timber when the twelve sheets fell off and pinned the man to the pavement. His fellow workers took the sheets off him before emergency personnel arrived on the scene.
Derrick Banks
ER24
