Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service (MCFRS) crews responded to a Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission filtration plant in Potomac after a worker fell in a basin and needed to be hoisted out about 20 feet, according to MCFRS assistant chief spokesperson David Pazos and radio transmissions.
Around 12:30 p.m. MCFRS crews responded to the plant at 12200 River Road for the report of an injured person in a confined space, Pazos said on social media Wednesday.
According to radio transmissions, MCFRS technical rescue squad and paramedics were at the scene to help hoist the worker who fell about 6 feet while working in the basin.
By 12:48 p.m. the worker had been hoisted out of the “confined space area” within the basin, according to transmissions. By 1:30 p.m. WSSC Water spokesperson Lyn Riggins confirmed the worker was successfully lifted out of the basin.
According to Riggins, the basin was out of commission and the incident would not have an impact on water production at the plant.
Riggins said MCFRS crews were evaluating the worker’s injuries and noted the worker had sustained non-life-threatening injuries but did not know the type of injuries he sustained.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
