One man was rushed to hospital on Wednesday after falling into an open excavation at a construction site in southwest Calgary.
Emergency crews were called to the site in the 4500 block of Bow Trail Southwest at around 8 a.m.
According to police, the victim fell head first into a hole that was about nine or 10-feet deep.
Paramedics transported the man to the Foothills Medical Centre in stable, non-life-threatening condition, EMS said.
A spokesperson for the Government of Alberta confirmed Occupational Health and Safety is investigating the fall.
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