Hong Kong worker dies, 3 others seriously injured after falling into manhole at sewage treatment plant
- Four workers fall into manhole at entrance to Siu Ho Wan Sewage Treatment Works on Lantau Island
- Woman pulled unconscious from shaft later dies in hospital, while one man is listed as in critical condition
One woman died and three men were seriously injured after falling into an eight-metre-deep manhole at a sewage treatment plant in Hong Kong on Thursday.
According to a police spokesman, officers were called at around 4pm after reports of a worker in the manhole at the entrance to the Lantau Island facility feeling dizzy.
Firefighters arrived at the scene 11 minutes after receiving a report at 4.05pm and found four workers in the manhole, Fire Services Department acting assistant divisional officer Chung Tao-fung said on Thursday night.
The woman was lying face down at the bottom of the manhole, in sewage water about 50cm deep, while the three men were trapped on a work platform six metres below ground level, Chung said.
A total of 100 firefighters and paramedics were deployed in the rescue operation. The trapped workers were all pulled out of the manhole in about 65 minutes.