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Crane Used to Lift Injured Workers at Cape Town Harbour

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Two workers were injured when they fell off scaffolding in the dry dock at Cape Town Harbour.

The two workers were doing maintenance to the exterior hull of a ship when fell approximately six metres from the scaffolding to the ground below .

A crane on site was used to lift the injured men from the bottom of the dock to the waiting ambulances.

The patients were transported by ER24 and Metro EMS ambulances to Milnerton Medi-Clinic for further medical care.

Tristan Wadeley
ER24

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