Construction worker falls from scaffold with broken leg, Spartanburg SC
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Medical EmergencyA person fell about 10 to 12 feet from scaffolding at a construction site near Westgate Village Drive in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The fall caused a broken leg. Emergency medical services were dispatched with advanced life support.
Audio|Heard on: Spartanburg County Fire and Spartanburg City Fire
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01:29
Transcript:
00:00
By the email, the address is going to be changed.
00:02
It's going to be just past near Westgate Village Drive in the construction site.
00:07
Ride by on our truck.
00:14
...and for our key, invite on patient status.
00:19
(name withheld), I couldn't copy.
00:23
...and for a key, can you get ride on patient status?
00:26
...
00:27
Give me one second.
00:28
We're walking a little.
00:32
Copy.
00:39
Farmer west getting to 64 is in quarters.
00:43
Copy.
00:56
Watch again.
01:00
You have ALS, no.
01:04
Standback, I'll confirm that unit's ALS.
01:08
Let's see in a 32 summary.
01:15
Go ahead, summer.
01:18
Meg Tew is going to be ALS, not three minutes out.
01:23
Copy, advise them patients falling off with scaffolds, probably 10 to 12 foot high.
01:27
Confirmed broken leg, off a broken deck.
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Location mentioned:
Westgate Vlg Dr, Spartanburg, SC 29301
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