Operator Uninjured After Heavy Equipment Tips Over Side of Parking Ramp

The operator of a telescopic handler used to plow snow is uninjured after the heavy equipment tipped over the side of a parking ramp. 

The Madison Fire Department and its Heavy Urban Rescue Team (HURT) responded to 4822 Madison Yards Way for a high-angle rescue. The operator of the telehandler was attempting to dump a load of snow over the side of the parking ramp, from the uppermost level, when the equipment tipped off-balance and flipped over side of the ramp. The operator was able to climb out of a rear window and return to safety prior to MFD's arrival. Although shaken up by the incident, the operator was not injured and did not require EMS.

The MFD HURT secured the telehandler to hold it in place until additional resources could respond. 

Schmidt’s Auto was dispatched to the scene to further secure the equipment and prepare it for movement. The snow plowing contractor placed a pile of snow underneath the telehandler to help leverage the equipment, and Schmidt's pulled the telehandler off the ledge, returning it to the surface of the parking ramp.

About the HURT: The Heavy Urban Rescue Team is a special team of the Madison Fire Department, responding from Fire Station 8 on the east side. Their specialties include high- and low-angle rescue, confined space rescue, trench collapse, building collapse, and more. The team will respond to technical rescue emergencies anywhere in Dane County if requested. Learn more about the HURT.