Crime & Safety
Accident At Bellevue Construction Site Leaves Worker Injured
The construction worker got his fingers stuck in an excavator, according to Bellevue fire.
BELLEVUE, WA - A worker at a Bellevue construction site got his fingers caught in an excavator Thursday afternoon. Emergency personnel were able to free the worker at around 6 p.m. and he was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Bellevue fire Lt. Camari Olson said that the worker hand got caught in the hydraulics near where the bucket and arm of the excavator intersect. The worker was stable and conscious, and special technicians were at the scene to figure out the best way to free the worker.
The accident happened at the Arco gas station at Northeast 20th and 130th Avenue Northeast, Olson said.
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Bellevue Fire units extricating male patient whose fingers are caught in excavator. Patient is stable pic.twitter.com/FBpcjJvvr5
— Bellevue Fire Dept (@BvueFD) July 5, 2018
Image courtesy Bellevue fire
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