Around 5:30pm today, SCDF responded to a rescue incident at a construction site along Woodlands Dr 73 involving a man who was feeling unwell on top of a 16 storey-high tower crane.
Upon SCDF arrival, the man was found to be neither trapped nor injured, but was too weak to descend from the operator cabin on his own. Officers from the SCDF elite Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) accessed the man by climbing the tower ladder and secured him with safety lines and a harness before lowering him to safety in a basket stretcher.
The rescue operation, lasting 90 minutes, was conducted cautiously as it was drizzling and nightfall was approaching.
SCDF paramedics immediately rendered medical assistance on site and the man was conveyed to Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in a conscious condition.