A snow removal session from the roof of a seven-story building almost ended in drama Thursday in Wisconsin, when the tractor tipped into the void, only precariously balanced on the ledge with the operator still on board.
“Although shaken by the incident, the operator (of the heavy equipment) was not injured and did not require emergency medical services,” the Madison Fire Department said in a statement Thursday. , according to what Fox News reported.
Around 9:30 a.m. Thursday, emergency services were called to the top of a seven-story garage, where they could see, from the ground, a yellow telehandler-type tractor hanging halfway in the empty.
Only barely holding on to the edge, the machine would have found itself in its very bad position when its operator would have tried to dump a load of snow over the parking ramp before the heavy equipment was unbalanced.
“The operator was able to exit through a rear window and get to safety before the arrival of the (Madison Fire Department),” continued the latter, indicating that he had carried out the “height rescue” in the hours that followed. follow up.
To do this, emergency teams would have secured the heavy machinery to prevent it from falling, before calling on a local towing service which would have used a pile of compacted snow, placed under the equipment, to create leverage. , according to the American media.
