CTA Acoustics employee injured by falling equipment

A CTA employee had to be airlifted after a piece of equipment fell on his leg Tuesday afternoon.

Knox County EMS and Corbin firefighters were called to the facility on CTA Blvd. in the Southeast Regional Business Park about 2:45 p.m.

Firefighters said the employee, whose name was not available, had been working on one of the machines when a piece of equipment fell off of a forklift and struck his left leg.

As a result, the employee suffered a broken ankle and broken foot.

The employee was taken by ambulance to Baptist Health Corbin.

Firefighters said it was unknown whether the employee was taken to the University of Kentucky or University of Tennessee Medical Center.