“Cran Operator Rescued from Barge Hold in Moustier-sur-Sambre”

2023-04-20 16:06:59

A crane operator who was unloading a barge in Moustier-sur-Sambre this Thursday slipped and got stuck in the hold of the boat. According to our information, the crane operator was in the hold when it started to rain. He then went back up to close the doors. It was while trying to come down that he slipped and fell to the bottom.

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Very quickly, the firefighters of the Val de Sambre area intervened on the scene. “His position meant that we had to call our GRIMP colleagues to get him out of there,” explains Lieutenant Stéphane Falque.

The Val de Sambre firefighters mobilized. -DR

“They set up a system of pulleys to evacuate it safely because it is not possible to do so with a ladder, for example. »

GRIMP was called to the scene. -DR

Once out of his unfortunate position, the crane operator, injured in the lower limbs, was taken to the CHRSM d’Auvelais.

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