On Sunday, firefighters rescued a recycling facility worker who was driving heavy machinery when they fell into a recycling pit, according to the fire department.
Fire officials said they were dispatched to an incident at the Recology Recycling center at around 11:45 a.m. They said one of the front loaders apparently went off the edge into the recycling pit with the operator inside.
Upon arrival, the fire department said crews developed a plan to rescue the worker, who was extricated from the pit almost an hour later. The worker was then taken to the hospital with unspecified injuries.
