A 28-year-old man sustained a neck injury when he was struck in the head while working in the LRT tunnel beneath Queen Street, according to paramedics.

Firefighters responded at 12:17 p.m. Monday afternoon, and assisted paramedics in using a crane to lower a stretcher into the hole between O'Connor and Bank streets.

Emergency crews are on scene at the LRT construction site on Queen Street between Bank and O'Connor streets. (Kimberley Molina/CBC)

The worker was struck in the head by the scissor lift, a type of platform, as it was being lowered, said Marc-Antoine Deschamps, a spokesperson with the Ottawa Paramedic Service. The man was stabilized on site and is currently in stable condition.

In a written statement, Rideau Transit Group said the man was working on the concourse level at the west end of Parliament station and that he was conscious after the injury.

The worker has been taken to hospital to have X-rays done, but Deschamps said the worker was not paralyzed.

The Ministry of Labour has been notified of the incident and is sending an inspector to investigate.