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The site collapsed two meters deep and buried for 91 minutes, a worker miraculously survived

one worker was buried by more than two meters of earth for an hour and a half, and the rescuers rescued him and miraculously survived. On March 17, an earthwork collapse occurred at a construction site on Chuanliu road in the north urban area of Tongchuan City, Shaanxi Province. Two workers were buried. One of them was successfully rescued and the other died after ineffective rescue< At 1:53 p.m. on March 17, an underground water pipe trench under excavation on zhaojiayuan of Chuanliu road collapsed suddenly, and two workers working in the trench were buried< The reporter arrived at the scene at 2:30 pm. Rescue work is in progress. Several firefighters went down to the trench to excavate earthwork. More team members are on standby on the road. The public security department has set up a cordon around the accident to assist in rescue work. The depth of the pipe trench where the collapse occurred is more than 5 meters, and the newly excavated earthwork is piled on one side, which is more than 3 meters high. 1t is the side where the earthwork is piled up that collapses. The newly excavated soil layer in the ditch collapses together with the earthwork above. After determining the buried position of the workers, the on-site rescue workers dispatched two excavators to excavate the upper soil layer. About 20 minutes later, the man under the ditch was heard shouting, "see! 1 see it Then someone exclaimed excitedly: "people are still moving!" The excavator stopped, the underneath fire men continued shovel with the shovel, and finally planed with their hands. According to reports, the worker was buried more than 2 meters deep after the worker’s head was exposed, an emergency doctor with an oxygen bag went down to the pipe ditch and tried to communicate with the worker while giving him oxygen. The worker answered the doctor’s question clearly. 1t was 3:24, an hour and a half after the collapse< After being rescued, the worker was immediately sent to the hospital by ambulance. At present, his vital signs are stable. According to Guo Dezhong, director of the first aid center of the Central Hospital of the mining bureau who participated in the rescue, the miraculous survival of the worker had a lot to do with his position when he was buried “avalanches can kill people. 1t’s a miracle that people can survive after being buried for more than an hour.” Guo Dezhong said that when he went down to the trench, he couldn’t believe that people could live. When he tried to ask “how do you feel”, the worker answered him clearly: “it’s very suffocating.” it is understood that when the collapse occurred, the worker was facing the trench wall, and the earthwork collapsed from behind. He was in a semi standing state with his face down and his head on the hard trench wall, thus forming a certain space in his chest and abdomen and being able to keep breathing another buried worker was not so lucky. At 3:59 p.m., the second person was rescued and died it is understood that the project is the road drainage underground pipe ditch project of Wangjiahe 1ndustrial Park Phase 11, which was constructed by Shaanxi Construction Engineering Group Machinery Construction Co., Ltd. After the accident, Wangyi district quickly launched the emergency plan. The main leaders of the district Party committee and the district government rushed to the scene to command the fire, public security, safety supervision, health and other departments to carry out rescue. The cause of the accident is under investigation this article is a reprint of 1nternet media, which only represents the author’s point of view and has nothing to do with this website. 1f the information column articles and comments violate your legal rights, please call to let us know and we will deal with them in time

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