A construction worker was flown to a hospital after her was rescued from an overturned piece of machinery near Harrisburg this morning.
Susquehanna Township fire officials said the man was working at a bridge construction project along Schoolhouse Road when a 36,000 pound trackhoe went into a trench and overturned onto its roof.
The unidentified man was pinned in the cab.
“He was pinned by both the machinery as well as the excavation itself,” Susquehanna Township Fire Marshal George Drees said. “Crews were here approximately 15 to 20 minutes to dig him out. He did come out on his own. He was flown to Hershey Medical Center for evaluation. He’s a very, very lucky person.”
Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.
Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.
He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.
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