At least 3 fireplace departments and the county look for and rescue staff responded to the Rumpke landfill in Colerain Thursday after interaction was shed with two contractors inspecting a stormwater pipe, company officers stated.
The staff were being located all around 1 p.m. and appeared to be unharmed, Rumpke spokeswoman Molly Yeager stated.
Yeager stated that the contractors claimed the work just took longer than expected, and they dropped radio interaction. Yeager said the contractors were being never ever in any hazard.
Yeager stated a group of a few contractors have been doing a program inspection of the pipe which ranges in dimensions from 5 to 9 feet in diameter. Two of the contractors went inside the pipe and a third remained outside to retain communication, she explained.
The contractors dropped get in touch with with every other, Yeager reported, Following 15 minutes of not listening to from them, the contractor outside the house the pipe contacted authorities.
The Colerain Township, Fairfield and Cincinnati fire departments responded to the incident at midday along with other people all-around midday, in accordance to county dispatchers. Search and rescue crews entered the pipe and located the contractors close to 1 p.m., Yeager claimed.
Rumpke is conducting an investigation into the incident.
