Construction worker lifted out of apartment development site by fire truck after suffering injury

Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Concrete is poured to establish the foundation at the Couture construction site in Milwaukee on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. The $188 million Couture project, at 909 E. Michigan St. on the lakefront, is expected to feature 322 high-end apartments, 42,600 square feet of restaurant and retail space, and a transit concourse for The Hop and the East-West Bus Rapid Transit.

A construction worker was injured at the Couture high-rise apartment tower development site and was pulled from the site by fire truck ladder using a harness and ropes, the Milwaukee Fire Department said.

The incident happened around 3:45 p.m. Thursday on the 900 block of E. Michigan, with heavy foot and car traffic from people attending the opening day of Summerfest across the street.

Battalion Chief Robert Hartung said firefighters placed the injured worker in a harness and used ropes tied to the fire ladder to lift the worker out of the site.

Hartung was not immediately aware of the worker's condition but said the worker was taken to a hospital.

Contact Drake Bentley at (414) 391-5647 or DBentley1@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @DrakeBentleyMJS. 

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This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Construction worker injured at the Couture high-rise site downtown