Painter MedFlighted to Boston After Fall at Hamilton Farm

A man was transported by medical helicopter to Boston Medical Center on Monday morning after the scaffolding he was working on collapsed at a Hamilton farm.

The identity of the man, who is in his 20s, was not immediately available.

The incident happened at about 9:35 a.m. alongside a barn at on Bridge Street, where the man was scraping paint and painting a barn, according to Capt. Mark Goodwin.

“He fell about 20 to 25 feet,” Goodwin said.

The man was taken by Lyons ambulance from the farm to a field on the campus of – just around the corner – where Boston MedFlight took him away.

Fire crews requested that MedFlight respond because of the severity of his injuries, which included having trouble breathing.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration was also contacted since investigators did not believe that the worker should have been on the scaffolding by himself. A spokesman for OSHA did not return a phone message or e-mail on Monday morning, which is a federal holiday.

Goodwin said he was not sure whether the painter worked at the farm or for an outside painting company. The incident remained under investigation and more information would be available on Tuesday, he said.

 “We really don’t have a comment, said Babette Lenna, who runs the 17-acre farm. It used to be a training facility for the U.S, Equestrian team.