SHAWNEE COUNTY —One person was injured in what was first reported as an industrial accident Wednesday in Topeka.
Just after 6a.m., fire crews responded to the report of an industrial accident involving a fall on an elevated cooler at the Resers Food plant 3215 SE 6th Avenue in Topeka, according to Fire Marshal Todd Harrison.
Upon arrival, it was determined that one of the employees had been working on top of the catwalk surrounding the cooler. The patient somehow injured his back while on the catwalk and needed assistance being lowed to the ground level.
The Technical Rescue Team from fire station #11 was dispatched to the scene to assist with packaging the patient and lowering the patient to the ground, according to Harrison. The patient was then transferred to American Medical Response and transported to a local hospital in stable condition.
Resers is one of the country’s largest family-owned and -operated prepared foods businesses, according to the company web site.