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A medical emergency claimed the life of a construction worker at a new construction site in Port Covington on May 1, 2024. Around 1000 hours a crane operator suffered an apparent heart attack while at the controls of a stationary crane that was operating 180’ above a construction project in the 2500 block of Insulator Drive in south Baltimore.
The operator was reported unconscious and unresponsive at the controls. The Fire Department was notified and arrived on the scene within minutes. First responders immediately ascended the stairs of the 15-story crane and initiated CPR as well as other advanced life support techniques to the downed victim. They worked on him for well over 30 minutes, but to no avail.
The Special Operations Command assignment along with Tower 1 was requested and dispatched to the site and when they arrived began setting up for the high angle rescue operation to get the victim down to the ground. The multiple ropes and pulleys system was set up from the top of the crane to the second level of the building under construction. After all of the equipment was rigged up and set in place the victim was then packaged in a stokes basket and carefully lowered to the second level above ground. Tower 1 then assisted with lowering the patient to the ground to the Medical Examiner’s staff assisted by an ambulance crew. It took about two hours to finally get him lowered to the ground.
Despite all of the life saving measures the operator expired on the scene. He was then turned over to the Office of the Medical Examiner where the cause of the death would be determined.
The operator was reported unconscious and unresponsive at the controls. The Fire Department was notified and arrived on the scene within minutes. First responders immediately ascended the stairs of the 15-story crane and initiated CPR as well as other advanced life support techniques to the downed victim. They worked on him for well over 30 minutes, but to no avail.
The Special Operations Command assignment along with Tower 1 was requested and dispatched to the site and when they arrived began setting up for the high angle rescue operation to get the victim down to the ground. The multiple ropes and pulleys system was set up from the top of the crane to the second level of the building under construction. After all of the equipment was rigged up and set in place the victim was then packaged in a stokes basket and carefully lowered to the second level above ground. Tower 1 then assisted with lowering the patient to the ground to the Medical Examiner’s staff assisted by an ambulance crew. It took about two hours to finally get him lowered to the ground.
Despite all of the life saving measures the operator expired on the scene. He was then turned over to the Office of the Medical Examiner where the cause of the death would be determined.
© Howard Meile III