Construction worker seriously injured after falling 10 feet at Glendale building site

Aug. 18, 2016 2:54 PM PT

A construction worker was seriously injured Thursday morning after falling 10 feet while working on building a five-story apartment complex in Glendale, officials said.

At around 9:30 a.m., fire officials responded to the construction site, located at North Central and West Wilson avenues, where the worker had landed on his back after falling from the fourth floor to the third, according to Glendale Fire spokeswoman Brandy Villanueva.

Firefighters extricated the man from the building using an aerial ladder attached to a Stokes basket — a stretcher used for rescues in confined spaces — before rushing him to a hospital. The worker is expected to survive.

Officials are investigating what caused the fall.

Alene Tchekmedyian, alene.tchekmedyian@latimes.com

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Alene Tchekmedyian

Alene Tchekmedyian is an investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She previously covered the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, focusing on accountability stories and writing about failures by officials to comply with transparency laws. Before joining The Times in 2016, she reported on crime and policing for the Glendale News-Press and Burbank Leader.