Yakima (WA) Firefighters Rescue Truck Driver from Precarious Situation

Fire crews on scene at the rollover rescue.

Yakima (WA) firefighters rescued a truck driver who was reportedly pinned in his cab for an hour after a dangerous rollover situation.

The Yakima Herald-Republic reported that the driver, a 51-year-old male, was pinned in the cab of his semi tractor after the big rolled while taking a U.S. Highway 97 exit at Union Gap on Wednesday morning.

The trailer, loaded with paper products, landed at the edge of a creek, and it took firefighters almost 90 minutes for crews to stabilize the truck and safely remove the man.

Firefighters work to stabilized the rolled vehicle.

Hand entrapped in rope gripper

Elevator Rescue: Rope Gripper Entrapment

Mike Dragonetti discusses operating safely while around a Rope Gripper and two methods of mitigating an entrapment situation.
Delta explosion

Two Workers Killed, Another Injured in Explosion at Atlanta Delta Air Lines Facility

Two workers were killed and another seriously injured in an explosion Tuesday at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Atlanta airport.