CONSTRUCTION WORKER FALLS TO ROOF WHEN LADDER BREAKS AWAY FROM WATER TOWER ON W GRAND AVE NEAR SACRAMENTO BLVD, CHICAGO

    MON AUG 18 2014 ~4:00 PM
    CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT
    RESCUE FROM ROOF AFTER FALL
    3053 W GRAND AVE CHICAGO, IL

    MALE, AGE 30-40, INJURED WHEN A WATER TOWER LADDER BROKE AWAY FROM SUPPORTS WHILE VICTIM WAS DISMANTLING THE WATER TOWER. VICTIM FELL 25-30 FEET OR POSSIBLY FROM A HEIGHT OF 5-STORIES FROM WATER TOWER STRUCTURE. VICTIM HAD LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

    T36 REQUESTS A TOWER LADDER TO BRING VICTIM DOWN AT ABOUT 4:10 PM. T36 ALSO REQUESTS A FIELD CHIEF.

    PATIENT WAS IN THE TOWER LADDER BASKET TRANSFERRED TO THE AMBULANCE BY ABOUT 4:47 PM.

    VICTIM TRANSPORTED TO EITHER SWEDISH OR STROGER -- NOT CONFIRMED.

    ENGINE(S): ENG?

    TRUCK(S): T36 TL14

    SQD?

    CHIEF(S): BC10

    EMS: A46 FC?

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