Trench Rescue
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AK-74me
"Typical White Person"
None of the volunteer units around here are set up/trained for these types of rescues I take it?
RPMDAD
Well-Known Member
Weird reading this . i just read about a trench collapse that killed 4 people almost happened to me when i when i was much younger....
3 die in Neb. trench collapse trying to save 4th
Deja - Vu
Had a similar accident years ago when i was younger 16 - 17 years old working as a plumber's apprentice at a construction site. Backhoe operator had a trench dug probably about 7 ft deep, i am 6 ft 1 was even then we were running sewrer pipe if if i remember being the young buck and it was basically all grunt work, i was the trench guy. Wasn't really a big deal; and then one morning i am in the trench alone, now think about iy 7 ft. trench , i wwas about 6 foot, but all the trench dirt is piled up above the trench. while i was in the trench due to rain, moisture whatever, the soil above it strated sliding in slowly. at first didn't think that much about it, and the suddenly gavi in quickly and i was waste deep with more coming in on me. The journeyman plumbers were trying to reach me from the top and were in danger of sliding in. Luckily for me the backhoe guy was there and dipped his bucket down and i grabbed it and he pulled me out of it to the point the other guys could grab me and pull me to safety.
I am an old fart and this happened back in the late 60's, to this day i am thankfull to that backhoe operator. But i had no doubt the guys that i was working with would have jumped in to save me . A flash from the past. In the 60's OSHA wasn't that strong. Accidents happen everywhere,anytime , anyhow when the work involved could be dangerous...........
keepsmiling
New Member
This accident happened where they are putting in the gas lines for Cove Point LNG>
I am a little worried because this is the third accident within the last week over there. First one was a broken leg. Yesterday it was a man working on the lines was hit in the head by a bob cat and once the ambulance crew got him in the ambulance he went into seizures, and now this. I just wonder why so many accidents?
AK-74me
"Typical White Person"
I am betting Dominion is S'ing themselves if that is the case. I know they are contracted but that is still on them in part I'd bet.
Here comes OSHA.
No, that is not how a rescue worker does it.
ImnoMensa
New Member
Then lets hear the story on how he got out.
sparkysgirl
New Member
I think he meant that is not how a rescue worker thinks. They think "What is the safest and best way to get this pt out that will not jeopardize my safety and let me go home to my family"
By the way, they got him out by getting ladders situated (which was difficult due to the extremely soft ground), strapping him into a stokes basket and using a bulldozer to pull him up the ladder like a ramp.
(This is how it was explained to me by a member on scene, details might not be 100% but this is the just of it)