|
Sanitation Supt. Rick Stone was hurt this morning when he tumbled down the side of a landfill cell and landed at the bottom.
Emergency workers said Stone fell about 60 feet.
Stone had gone part of the way down the 60-70 degree slope where he was raking up windblown debris when he fell, said Public Works Director Richard Morris.
When Rural/Metro transported Stone, paramedics reported via radio that he did not remember the fall.
The portion of the cell into which he fell contained only some wind-blown debris and water.
At press time a spokesman at City Hall said Stone was in Pampa Regional Medical Center Emergency Room where he was scheduled for X-rays of his hip and neck and an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging).
Stone was able to use his radio to call for help, Morris said.
"It's a good thing he had it," Morris said at the scene. "No one could have seen him at the bottom without walking all the way to the edge."
In order to remove Stone from the bottom of the cell, members of the Pampa Fire Department Rescue Team, Rural/Metro medics and landfill workers joined hands for the effort.
Also on the scene was Ken Hall, emergency management coordinator who was acting in his capacity of city risk and safety manager.
Stone was ministered to by medical personnel then placed in a basket that was both carried and pulled up the slope by rope and pulley.
Those helping to carry the basket had to stop several times in order to maintain footing on the steep, muddy sides of the cell.
|
|
