U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier / Sector Columbia River.
ASTORIA, Ore. — A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew medevac an injured man Thursday afternoon from the tug boat Commitment, 60 nautical miles off Grays Harbor.
At approximately 2 p.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River were notified over VHF-FM channel 16 that a crew member aboard had sustained a laceration to the face and eye while working in the vessel’s engine room and required medical attention.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier / Sector Columbia River.
At 2:45 p.m., an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue aircrew departed from Sector / Air Station Columbia River in Warrenton, Ore., to respond.
The injured man was safely hoisted from the vessel at approximately 3:30 p.m. and then transported to awaiting emergency medical personnel at the sector.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Strohmaier / Sector Columbia River.
The mariner was in stable condition when the Coast Guard transferred him to awaiting emergency medical service (EMS) personnel, around 4:15 p.m., and inmediately was taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria.
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