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Worker with heat-related illness rescued
A construction worker had to be rescued from a crane scaffold about six stories high in Downtown Austin Sunday.
AUSTIN, Texas - A worker in downtown Austin was in need of a rescue Sunday afternoon after experiencing heat-related illness while on a crane scaffold.
Austin fire and EMS crews responded to a construction site around 3:43 p.m. July 16 in the 80 block of Red River Street where the worker was up on the scaffold about six stories high.
ATCEMS says the worker reportedly was experiencing heat-related illness on a crane landing.
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In order to get them down, rescuers used a ropes system with a ATCEMS rescue medic accompanying them.
As of 5:17 p.m., ATCEMS is transporting the worker to Dell Seton Medical Center with non-life-threatening complaints.
Austin is under a Heat Advisory until 9 p.m. Monday, and temperatures have been around and above 100 degrees most of Sunday afternoon.
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