【翻譯】Firefighters rescue man trapped in cement hopper

Firefighters rescue man trapped in cement hopper

消防員救援一名受困於水泥斗中的

The man had been stuck inside of a cement hopper for two and a half hours before a crew could extricate him.

這名男性在消防隊將他脫困前已經受困於水泥斗中兩個半小時。

Jul 13, 2018

By EMS1 Staff

UNION CITY, Calif. — A firefighter crew rescued a man who had been stuck inside of a cement hopper for two and a half hours.

一名消防員營救了一名已受困在水泥斗中兩個半小時的男性。

According to FOX10, Alameda County Fire Department firefighters secured the worker, who fell into the silo after losing his balance while looking inside, with a harness to prevent any further sinking.

根據FOX10, 阿拉米達郡消防局的消防員們使用了安全繩來救援一名在觀看筒倉內不時失去平衡而不甚摔落的勞工，防止他陷入更深。

The worker was also given oxygen as crewmembers drained the cement from the bottom to alleviate the dry cement around him.

當其他員工從筒艙底部排除水泥來避免水泥在他周遭硬化的同時，這名勞工也被給予氧氣。

"Our biggest concern is to make sure he doesn't get crushed or engulfed with this type of material, we've seen it before with other trench calls. He can continue to sink in," rescue unit Captain Richard Riggs said.

「我們最大的憂慮在於確保他不會被這類型的物質所陷落或埋沒，我們曾經在其他的壕溝任務中看過，他會繼續陷下去。」救助隊長Richard Riggs這麼說。

The man was given water throughout the rescue to keep him hydrated.

為防止他脫水，在救援過程中已經給予水分。

"These operations in a confined space pose respiratory challenges to the rescuers with a technical response. Fifty percent of casualties are usually rescuers in a confined space," division chief John Walsh said.

「這些在一個局限空間內的行動對救援者的呼吸是項挑戰，也要做出相對的技術反應。50%的傷亡通常是在侷限空見內的救援者」，John Walsh科長說。

Riggs said the cement is dangerous to work around in a rescue such as this.

Riggs說在這樣的救援行動中有水泥是非常危險的。

"Those of you who have worked around cement, you open a bag, a big poof of dust, it's the same thing in a giant hopper with thousands of pounds of dry cement," he said.

「那些曾經在水泥裡工作的人，你打開一個袋子，大量的灰塵，在一個裝有數千磅的乾水泥的巨大斗中也是如此。」

The worker was pulled to safety and was able to stand on his own two feet before getting into an ambulance. He is currently recovering at the hospital in an unknown condition.

該勞工已經被安全地拉出來，在送上救護車前尚能使用自己的雙腿站立。他目前在醫院中康復，情況不明。