Worker critical after falling into Nitrogen storage tank
"When paramedics arrived on scene, they found the patient, a 27-year-old male in a critical condition with 40% chemical burns from the waist down."
Advanced life support intervention was immediately initiated by emergency care practitioners after a worker slipped and fell into a Nitrogen storage tank.
Netcare 911 communications officer Shawn Herbst said at 12H18 Tuesday afternoon, Netcare 911 responded to burns case at a chemical manufacturing plant in Benoni on the East Rand.
Reports allege that the worker slipped and fell into a Nitrogen storage tank.
According to Herbst co-workers who witnessed the man fall pulled him to safety.
“When paramedics arrived on scene, they found the patient, a 27-year-old male in a critical condition with 40% chemical burns from the waist down.”
Advanced life support intervention was immediately initiated by emergency care practitioners in an attempt to stabilise him.”
Due to the time sensitive nature of the man’s injuries, a Netcare 911 helicopter air ambulance was activated to airlift the patient to a specialist medical facility for further treatment.
