Firefighters rescue man injured while pruning tree
CBC News | Posted: May 3, 2017 1:07 AM | Last Updated: May 3, 2017
High-angle apparatus used to get man safely out of tree in Highland Park
Emergency crews were called to the northwest community of Highland Park Tuesday afternoon after a man was injured while pruning a tree.
The man was working about 40 feet off the ground in the 3600 block of First Street N.W. when the incident happened.
Firefighters used their high-angle apparatus to get the man safely out of the tree.
EMS says the man, who's in his early 30s, was taken to the Peter Lougheed Hospital with a shoulder injury.
Occupational Health and Safety has been advised of the workplace incident.
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