mrmoshe Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 Four workers rescued from giant vat of fish feces on Massachusetts farm TURNERS FALLS, Massachusetts: Rescuers cut through a filtration tank filled with dense fish feces to reach four workers who fell into the sludgy dung Friday while cleaning the 18-foot tank at a western Massachusetts farm. The workers became trapped for 45 minutes after a bracket holding a plastic filtration padcollapsed as they stood on it to clean the fiberglass tank at the Australis Aquaculture fish farm, said Capt. David Dion of the Turners Falls Fire Department and the fish farm's manager Josh Goldman. One of the farmhands was submerged beneath what Dion described as a sand-and-feces mix, while the other three had their heads above the sludge, he said. Goldman said the workers and the pad, which collects bacteria created by fish urine and feces, like some household aquarium filters, fell to the bottom of the tank. "Everybody's present and accounted for," Goldman said. "A couple of the guys even came back to say hi." The farm raises barramundi, a new fish farmed as a replacement for grouper, according to the Web site for Australis Aquaculture, an Australia-based company. Dion said rescue workers cut a hole in the side of the tank and then slashed through the feces mix until they were able to pull out the workers, Dion said. "It was very slimy and it was heavy," he said. "Never seen anything like it in my life." The worker who became submerged in the feces was airlifted to Bay State Medical Center in Springfield, but was talking with paramedics and did not appear to have life-threatening injuries, Dion said. The other three were taken by ambulance to a local hospital with minor injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingsRule Posted May 13, 2007 Share Posted May 13, 2007 That would give me sh!ts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishyfingers Posted May 14, 2007 Share Posted May 14, 2007 no major injuries but stunk like S#&% for several weeks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUBLiME Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 lol i'd hate to be their partners hahahahaha sink like shit in the bed... oh hunny what smells?!?! oh dont worry.. i just fell into the tank of shit again today .. oh ok no worries then.. yer... LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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