6, 2010 Tarrytown, NY — A worker is incapacitated in a manhole and a rescue attempt is made by a firefighter. Both the victim and the rescuer die from exposures in the confined space.

A missing woman who became stuck in a tiny confined space under a manhole cover has died hours after she was rescued by firefighters. Yafang Zhou was reported missing on April 3 after she was last ...

Firefighters were able to enter the manhole and placed oxygen on the man before removing him from the confined space. The man was air-lifted to a hospital but did not survive. “This is a tragic ...

The same agency issued a 2020 report showing that 1,030 workers died from occupational injuries involving a confined space from 2011 to 2018. Conditions can turn deadly, experts say, as workers labor ...

According to the investigative report, Molnar was ordered to go into a manhole on the sewer ... said the sewer authority had a "Confined Space Entry Program," a detail set of procedures that ...

HSE guidance can be found at: Introduction to working in confined spaces (hse.gov.uk) The worker was found unconscious in a manhole (pictured) A Health and Safety Executive (HSE) investigation found ...

When first responders arrived, they learned the person had fallen 15 feet down a manhole and was injured. Crews began to prepare to enter the confined space as HAZMAT crews monitored the ...