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Olympia, WA 3-22-2009
Man injured during garden work
A man who was trimming a laurel hedge at a residence on Leavenworth Avenue fell from a ladder onto a metal post Sunday afternoon, impaling his thigh, emergency officials said.
Olympia Fire Battalion Chief Pat Noonan said the man was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital. Emergency dispatchers reported on the radio about 2:30 p.m. that a friend had managed to put a tourniquet on the wound, but it was bleeding pretty badly. Noonan said the metal post was about one-and-a-half inches by one-and-a-half inches.
Noonan said the man will need surgery, but is expected to be OK. It's a good thing the man's friend was there to help him, Noonan said. "He's a very lucky guy," he said.
Man injured during garden work
A man who was trimming a laurel hedge at a residence on Leavenworth Avenue fell from a ladder onto a metal post Sunday afternoon, impaling his thigh, emergency officials said.
Olympia Fire Battalion Chief Pat Noonan said the man was taken to Providence St. Peter Hospital. Emergency dispatchers reported on the radio about 2:30 p.m. that a friend had managed to put a tourniquet on the wound, but it was bleeding pretty badly. Noonan said the metal post was about one-and-a-half inches by one-and-a-half inches.
Noonan said the man will need surgery, but is expected to be OK. It's a good thing the man's friend was there to help him, Noonan said. "He's a very lucky guy," he said.
