Gas industry worker injured in Terry Township

BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN (Staff Writer)
Published: April 16, 2011

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A gas industry worker was flown by emergency medical helicopter to a hospital in the region after he suffered a foot injury in an accident at a gas drilling site in Terry Township, the Wyalusing fire chief said.

"He was on a drilling rig (with his foot) stuck between two metal plates" said Adam Dietz, chief of the Wyalusing Volunteer Fire Company.

He was stuck approximately 20 feet above the ground, the fire chief said.

Dietz said he did not know the severity of the man's injury.

The man was lowered to the ground using a hoist system, he said.

The accident was reported at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Race Hill Road, the fire chief said.

The worker was in a harness at the time the accident occurred, as he was so far above the ground, he said.

The chief said he did not know how the accident occurred.

Dietz said he did not know the name of the company that was drilling the well.

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