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The first responders had to work to remove the debris, secured him to a back board with a cervical collar and splinted his injured arm as they removed him from the dumpster. The weather was bad, so helicopter medical evacuation wouldn’t work. Bangs Ambulance drove the victim to the Robert Packer Trauma Center in Sayer, Pennsylvania.
Its hard to say what caused the accident, the City of Ithaca has said that witnesses say the worker was wearing fall protection but may have unclipped himself to go home for the day and slipped.
There is an investigation underway to see what really happened.
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ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) A construction worker is recovering this morning after falling five stories last night from the roof of a building and into a dumpster.
Ithaca Fire and Police responded to the fall on West Court Street around five o’clock last evening. The 37-year-old man, whose identity hasn’t been released, plummeted as much as 55 feet, landing in the dumpster. The man was safely pulled out. The extent of the injuries isn’t known, but reports say a cervical collar and arm splint were both used. He was taken by ambulance to the Robert Packer Trauma Center in Sayre, Pennsylvania, where his condition this morning is also unknown.
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