First Responders Dispatched to Serious Industrial Accident in Oakland

Published on November 25, 2024

Just after 9 a.m., Pittsburgh Fire, EMS, and Police were dispatched to O’Hara Street/Thackeray Avenue for an industrial accident.

Arriving units located a construction worker whose arm had been pulled into a piece of equipment and was trapped within the machine parts.

Medic 5 requested blood to the scene and initiated the Rescue Medicine Care Protocol.

Rescue medics from Rescue 1 disassembled the machine, allowing them to release the entrapped extremity.

The male patient was transported to UPMC Presbyterian with life threatening injuries.

Pittsburgh Fire, Pittsburgh Police, and University of Pittsburgh Police were all on scene and assisted in the rescue effort.