FDNY Rescue Operation: Worker Pinned by Fallen Dumbwaiter

Confined Space Rescue Operation

• 🚨 FDNY units responded within 3 minutes to a confined space incident at 111 East 54th Street.
• 🏗️ A dumbwaiter car had fallen onto a worker at street level, trapping them in the shaft.
• 🛠️ The operation involved securing the car, breaching walls for access, and a coordinated effort between ladder, engine, and rescue companies.

Patient Care and Extrication

• 🚑 EMS Special Operations Chief Mark Wonia detailed the patient care for the approximately 32-year-old male victim.
• ⚠️ Initial plans to lift the dumbwaiter were revised due to instability; rescuers instead breached walls on both sides for safe access.
• 🏥 The victim, conscious and alert throughout, was treated for multi-trauma injuries with advanced life support and transported to a nearby hospital.
• 🗣️ The patient was reportedly screaming in pain due to crushed injuries from the dumbwaiter's fall from the third floor.

Incident Details

• 🏢 The incident occurred while the worker was performing maintenance on the dumbwaiter.
• ❓ The exact nature of the building is believed to be a social club, but the investigation is ongoing.
• ✅ FDNY members successfully rendered the scene safe and extricated the person from the shaft, with a tremendous job acknowledged by the chief.