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Kent city employee rescued after falling inside sewer pumping station

Published 5:08 pm Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Kent Fire Department rescue personnel prepare to remove a Kent city employee Wednesday from a city sewer pumping station on Frager Road after he fell while working on the sewer system. The man's injuries were not life threatening.
Kent Fire Department rescue personnel prepare to remove a Kent city employee Wednesday from a city sewer pumping station on Frager Road after he fell while working on the sewer system. The man's injuries were not life threatening.

A city of Kent employee was successfully rescued Wednesday after he was injured in a fall that left him approximately 15 feet underground in one of the city’s sewer pumping stations.

The incident was first reported at 2:11 p.m. Wednesday in the 21200 block of Frager Road along the Green River, according to a Kent Fire Department media release. The man had fallen an unknown distance while working on a portion of the sewer system.

Because space was limited, Kent firefighters used a hoisting system to bring the patient out once they had secured him onto a backboard. The backboard was necessary to limit movement and reduce the chance of aggravating any injuries the patient may have suffered when he fell. The man suffered non-life threatening injuries.

The Kent Fire Department has a fully trained confined space rescue team. A confined space is one that is not intended for continual human occupation and that can contain a low oxygen or toxic atmosphere.

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