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Three workers at a private recycling facility in Jamaica, Queens died while trapped in a sewage hole earlier this afternoon. According to NY1, "The men were subcontractors pumping three to four feet of water out of the hole, which was about 18-feet deep. One worker fell into the hole and the two others fell in while trying to help him." And CityRoom reports that two of the workers were a father and a son. The hole was full of hydrogen sulfide and fire officials said there was twice the lethal amount of the colorless gas, which the CDC says "can also result from bacterial breakdown of organic matter. It is also produced by human and animal wastes." Queens Borough Commander John Sudnik said, "It's toxic. At 50 parts per million, it's lethal in 10 minutes." Initially, the FDNY had called Con Ed to bring vacuum trucks, which helps suck debris from manholes, to Regal Recycling Co. but then cancelled the request because the victims were dead.
Three Workers Die After Being Trapped In Sewage Hole
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that is a shitty way to go.
that is a shitty way to go.
Wow. How original and witty. Or maybe not. It wasn't funny when somebody else posted the same line yesterday in the other story of the elderly man who met a similar demise. Potty humor is the first refuge of the juvenile-minded.
Lecturing another adult about potty humor is the last refuge on the geriatric D train.
Hydrogen sulfide is NOT odorless. It's what gives rotten eggs and flatulence their smell. I thought that every kid who took High School chemistry knew that.
If H2S had been odorless, like CO2 or CO, these mean would have died by falling asleep. Instead their last few minutes on earth were quite unpleasant.
it smells like eggs at low concentrations, at dangerous concentrations it kills your sense of smell.
and just because something is odorless doesnt mean its a "pleasant" way to go...that really has nothing to do with how painful exposure may be, just whether or not you're immediately aware of its presence.
Hydrogen Sulfide does smell, but fatigues the nose. And at those concentrations, likely the displacement of O2 was the significant factor. Classic, first guy in the hole, goes down, others jump in, go down. Workers were likely unprotected and untrained in "closed-space" operations & rescue. In O2 displacement, anything other than an airpac is useless. OSHA anyone? Depending on the facility owner/connections, likely kicked under the rug once again.
Jumping in to rescue someone is the dumbest thing to do. I have a Confined Space certificate, and that is the first thing they teach you. They were certainly not trained. The sad thing is a fatality is cheaper then a injury.
Michael Jackson is probably in the same situation right now and will be for, oh, about eternity. Like all the other gay child molestors in hell.
Maybe Gothamist can have another entry now about those wonderful urban adventurers who will take you on an illegal tour of the sewer system.