A worker was trapped in the base well more than 20 meters below, lacking oxygen and unable to raise the well, when he was overhauling the pumping machine in a hole-pile foundation deeper than 50 meters, at the construction site of a gas storage plant in Nanshan Industrial Park, Renhe District, Panzhihua, Sichuan on Saturday. (Photos: VCG)

Due to the complexity of the baffles and steel bars in the hole pile foundation, the workers did not dare go down to the well to rescue him, and immediately called 119 for help.

The fire-fighting commander immediately placed a compressed air bottle near the trapped person to fill the with air. The rescue vehicle boom was used as the fulcrum of the pulley.

One of the firefighters carried the oxygen equipment, rescue belt, flashlight and other rescue equipment from the fulcrum into the well, and the trapped worker was fixed and slowly lifted to the surface.

After more than two hours, the worker was rescued from the well and sent to a hospital. The worker’s vital signs are stable and out of danger.

After more than two hours, the worker was rescued from the well and sent to a hospital. The worker’s vital signs are stable and out of danger.