Rescuers were able to hoist a man who fell down an empty elevator shaft at an apartment building under construction in downtown Los Angeles Monday night, officials said.
The man, who had plunged as many as 30 feet down the shaft, was taken to the hospital for treatment of facial trauma that was not life-threatening, the L.A. Fire Department said in an alert.
Firefighters responded to the 500 block of North Hill Street around 8:40 p.m. after the man was found by security officer who patrols the building, Battalion Chief Steven Skelly told KTLA.
Using a ladder and litter basket stretcher, crews were able to retrieve the man by about 9:15 p.m.
“The resources on scene were able to evaluate him and package him up, put him in spinal mobilization and have him transported to an area hospital,” Skelly said.