Skip to main content

UPDATED: Two Hurt in Construction Site Fall in Ballston

Courtesy photo Construction worker rescued after fall in Ballston 10/31/13 Construction worker rescued after fall in Ballston 10/31/13 Construction worker rescued after fall in Ballston 10/31/13 Courtesy photo Construction worker rescued after fall in Ballston 10/31/13 Construction worker rescued after fall in Ballston 10/31/13 Construction worker rescued after fall in Ballston 10/31/13 Construction worker rescued after fall in Ballston 10/31/13 Construction worker rescued after fall in Ballston 10/31/13

(Updated at 10:20 a.m.) Two workers have been taken to the hospital after falling 20 feet at a construction site in Ballston.

The incident happened around 9:30 a.m. at an apartment construction site at 650 N. Glebe Road, across from the mall at the intersection of N. Carlin Springs Road.

Two workers were standing at a wall at the construction site when they somehow fell 20 feet into the construction pit, according to Arlington County Fire Department spokesman Capt. Bill Shelton. One worker was able to walk out and seek medical attention on his own power, while the other had to be lifted out of the site with a crane.

Both workers were taken to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, Shelton said.

This is the fourth technical rescue of a construction or maintenance worker in Arlington in the past month and a half.

Hail to the chief: Take our presidential trivia quiz

EDITOR'S NOTE: WTOP first brought you this quiz in 2019. Presidents Day is coming. How well do you know the less-important facts about the nation's leaders? Take WTOP's quiz — with any luck, it won't take you all Presidents Day to finish it.
Read Next Story