A worker was taken to hospital Friday morning after falling into an excavation pit at the construction site for Calgary’s Bearspaw South Water Feeder Main replacement project.
Emergency crews were called to the site shortly before 9 a.m. following reports that someone had fallen around 30 feet into a pit and was still breathing.
Police, Calgary firefighters and EMS responded to the scene, with additional rescue personnel and equipment called in to help extract the worker.
They were pulled from the manhole shortly before 10 a.m. and transported to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The incident temporarily halted work at the construction site, though crews had resumed construction activities by later in the morning.
The Bearspaw South Water Feeder Main replacement project is scheduled to be completed in December. Water restrictions are expected to be implemented beginning Nov. 4 as the project enters its final stages.
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