At about 130 p.m., on Wednesday, April 1st, firefighters used airbags, cribbing, sheeting, hydraulic & hand tools to extricate a person who was trapped under a small excavator at a construction site on Columbia Street. Firefighter paramedics maintained patient stabilization during the hour long incident. The patient was ultimately transported via
Pro EMS to a medical facility with serious but NLT (non life threatening) injuries.
Engine 5, Ladder 2, Rescue 1, Squad 2, Division 1 & H1 operated on scene.
On duty: group 2
IC: A/DC Mercer
Cambridge Police officers and Inspectional Services reps also assisted on scene.
Thank you, as always, to the staff of Cambridge Emergency Communications for the professional dispatch and incident communications at this incident, while coordinating several other incidents in progress across the city.
Firefighters work to extricate a person was trapped under an overturned excavator at a construction site
Firefighters are using airbags, cribbing, shoring and sheeting to stabilize the small excavator during the rescue operation
The overturned, small excavator is kept stabilized and secured during the extrication of a trapped victim