Man crushed as “huge” piece of concrete lands on cab.
A man working on the demolition of a University of Washington dorm was critically injured Saturday when a concrete slab fell on the excavator he was operating.
The huge piece of concrete fell six stories and crushed the cab of an excavator with a man inside. According to local news reports, an 18 tonne (40,000-pound) slab of concrete measuring about 4.5 by 9 metre (15 feet by by 30 feet) fell six stories onto the machine as it was working inside an enclosed area at the site.
Within four minutes firefighters were on site. They could hear the man moaning, but reaching him was a tough task
After more than hour of carefully cutting into the cab, firefighters did get him out. He was alive but badly hurt. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center in critical condtion.
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