Firefighters say the successful rescue of a worker trapped in an underground pipe this week will enhance future training.
On Monday, the Arlington Fire Department’s Special Operations Teams
at the Pierce-Burch Water Treatment Plant. The line, a little more than 50 inches in diameter, was located near Lakewood Drive.said the worker was sent to work on a maintenance project after some water built up in the pipe over the weekend. A plug, or bladder, is used to stop the back pressure and keep the pipe dry while it is being worked on.
“He had a catastrophic failure. The bladder actually shifted when he was down, into the manhole. Took him and pushed him up against his ladder that he was in the space with,” explained Capt. Saldivar. The pipe is buried between 8 and 10 feet underground, according to Saldivar. The worker was trapped roughly 600 feet away from the manhole’s entry point.On Monday, the Arlington Fire Department’s Special Operations Teams freed a man who was working in an underground water transmission line at the Pierce-Burch Water Treatment Plant. The line, a little more than 50 inches in diameter, was located near Lakewood Drive.
“It was unknown what we were going to find. Was he trapped against the plug and the pipe? Was he trapped another way?” recalled Saldivar."Everybody who was on scene knew the potential hazards."
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