From staff reports
Late Saturday morning, Aug. 9, the Burton Fire District rescued a worker trapped in a lift suspended 40 feet in the air.
Just before 11:30 a.m. today, Burton firefighters responded to a call on Roseida Road in Burton for a worker who was trapped in a boom lift.
Firefighters arrived on scene to find a boom lift leaning on two wheels and a worker trapped in the extended bucket, which was leaning against a tree. Firefighters worked to stabilize the lift at the base and utilized their ladder truck to rescue the worker who was safely brought back to earth uninjured.
Fire officials estimated the worker was in the bucket for approximately 30 minutes while crews worked to rescue him.
“It looks like the worker was trimming trees and the lift came off balance and tipped,” said Burton Engineer Eric Chapman who was on scene. “We are just thankful when the bucket started to fall it landed against a tree which caught it before it came crashing down and injured the worker or worse.”
