BOSTON --
Boston emergency crews spent several hours rescuing a Department of Transportation worker who fell 10 feet from a ladder into a pump room under the Ted Williams Tunnel while performing a routine inspection early Friday.
The unidentified worker in his 50s plunged into about a foot of toxic sludge and runoff from the tunnel about 1 a.m., suffering injuries to his leg and face. He had to be sprayed down and decontaminated after the rescue.
It took rescuers about two hours to pull him out of the narrow passage where he fell.
"The guys that went down inside, they had to secure him because, obviously, when you're taking the guy out you have to secure him first because you don't want him banging around getting hurt even worse, and you don't want to compound an injury he might already have," said Boston Fire Department rescue worker Ronald Cook.
The man was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. The extent and nature of his injuries was unclear.
Last week, rescuers spent several hours rescuing a MBTA worker who fell 30 feet into a concrete pillar from the elevated tracks at the Charles Street MBTA station. He survived the fall but suffered a broken leg and other injuries.
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