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Successful simulation of the rescue
of a worker
who fell in the Motril-Salobreña
(Granada) WWTP
Several members of the Motril fire de-
partment and employees of Aguas and
Servicios del a Costa Tropical de Granada,
the company holding the concession for
the end-to-end water cycle in the region,
successfully completed an evacuation drill
involving a worker who fell inside an empty
tank at the wastewater treatment plant.
The tank, a type of circular pool containing
faecal water during the cleaning process is
a very deep infrastructure which made the
rescue operation quite difficult, although it
was completed without any incidence.
“The execution time reflected the effective-
ness of the Emergency Plan and also pro-
vided a global vision of the reaction capa-
city for this type of situations also making
it possible t correct the detected inciden-
ces”, explained Wolfgang Haguen, head
of the Company’s Occupational Hazards
Prevention Department and the organizer
of this drill.
The emergency drill was carried out trying
to adapt at all times to an actual situation.
This was the first of other collaborations
in the future between the Motril fire de-
partment and the company.
Workers at the wastewater treatment plant
participated in this drill with great motivation
and aware of the importance of safety in the
performance of their daily tasks where rapid
and correct measures can save the life of a
colleague.
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