Construction worker injured on Bay Bridge

WASHINGTON – A construction worker on the Bay Bridge was airlifted Tuesday after he was hit by a five-gallon paint bucket, while working on a platform located about 15 feet below the roadway.

Emergency crews from Queen Anne’s and Anne Arundel County fire departments were called to the bridge around 10:45 a.m.

A rescuer was lowered to the platform to immobilize the patient, who was hoisted in a rescue basket and onto a stretcher waiting on the bridge.

The 51-year-old man was taken to the University of Maryland Shock Trauma Center in Baltimore with serious, but non-life threatening injuries.

Westbound Route 50 at the Bay Bridge was stopped to all traffic due to the emergency response for the injured worker. The westbound span reopened at 12:30 p.m.

The Maryland Transportation Authority Police are investigating the incident.

MDTA sent out the following tweet:

WBAL tweeted out the following photo of the emergency response:

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