Media Advisory

Paramedics Treat Construction Worker Injured in Fall

For immediate release: September 14, 2012

WHEN: September 14, 2012

WHERE: Construction site at Madison Street and N. Henry Street

WHO: Alexandria Fire Department

WHAT: At 8:07 am the Alexandria Fire Department responded for a report of a construction worker injured in a fall at a building under construction at Madison Street and North Henry Street. Arriving firefighters and paramedics found a 29 year old construction worker who had fallen approximately 30 feet through an opening in a concrete parking deck under construction. The worker landed on the concrete decking several levels below the opening. Firefighters and paramedics treated the worker at the scene and transported him by ambulance to an area hospital with possible life threatening injuries.

The cause of the accident remains under investigation.