Crime & Safety
Sun Valley Worker Seriously Injured by Conveyor Belt
An employee working in a pit required the help of dozens of firefighters to be carried out.
A worker cleaning a four-foot deep pit in Sun Valley under a conveyor belt was seriously injured Monday Night when the belt struck him.
KCAL9 reported that the man was hit in the head.
Thirty firefighters, including a search and rescue team, were able to get the man out of the pit, according to Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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The accident at the Crown Disposal Yard at 9147 De Garmo Ave. was reported at 7:37 p.m., Scott said.
The victim was taken to a hospital.
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