Worker was taken to hospital in serious but stable condition
One man was seriously injured when a shoring wall at a construction site he was working on partly collapsed on Monday.
The incident happened at a central Ottawa construction site.
At around 8:56 a.m. firefighters were called to a site near the 1300 block of Carling Avenue, reported City News.
"A worker was hand digging out a shoring wall that collapsed," said Nick DeFazio, Ottawa Fire Services' public information officer, according to a CBC report.
Initially, crews believed two workers were trapped in a pit after the wall collapsed. On scene, firefighters discovered one worker was injured but not trapped, according to City News.
Meanwhile, the other worker was stuck in a 35 to 40-foot pit due to fallen debris. While the worker was hand-digging a pit, the nearby shoring wall made of wood “popped off” and fell on top of him, according to the report.
The construction pit is about 12 to 15 metres below ground, according to the CBC report.
Six firefighters used a stoke basket to get the worker out before paramedics treated the worker on the scene.
The man was taken to hospital in serious, stable condition, CBC reported, citing paramedic spokesperson Marc-Antoine Deschamps.
