Man Seriously Injured in Industrial Accident: Officials

A man was critically injured Friday morning in an industrial accident that occurred on a rooftop in Joppa, officials said.

The victim had been working on the roof when he slipped and fell in the 3300 block of Fashion Way, according to the Joppa-Magnolia Volunteer Fire Company.

Emergency personnel dispatched at 8:38 a.m. found the man seriously injured and called for backup, the fire company reported.

Crews secured the man in a rescue basket and brought him to ground level using stairs inside the building, according to the fire company.

After 9:30 a.m., Joppa-Magnolia reported that a medevac had been called to take the man to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center.

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