A construction worker has been “significantly” injured while working on a crane in Vancouver’s West End Thursday afternoon, Vancouver Fire Rescue Service (VFRS) tells 1130 NewsRadio.

The incident occurred just before 2:30 p.m. at a construction site located at Thurlow and Harwood.

“They were replacing a section of the crane… an operation that they do during the construction of the building,” said acting Asst. Chief Wes Abrams.

“There’s a worker who was in the mast of the crane and was struck by a cord and sustained a significant injury to his leg.”

“I believe it was a power cord from the crane that struck his leg and caused the damage to his leg.”

As of shortly before 4 p.m., the worker was still up over 200 feet in the air as crews work to treat and rescue him.

Abrams says the VFRS

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