The rescue operation to rescue two employees who worked in a silo at the Domtar factory in Windsor was still continuing on Wednesday, more than 35 hours after the workplace accident.
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Even if the state of health of the two trapped workers is unknown, that the rescuers did not have any signs of life, we are still trying to reach them.
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The meticulous operation is carried out by members of the Rescue Unit in height and in confined spaces of the Service de protection contre les fires of Sherbrooke.
“The difficulty is access, but also, with each of the objects that you remove, you have to measure the impact on the rest of the structure. What needs to be done is hard work, patience, to succeed in clearing the place where people are stuck, ”explains Stéphane Simoneau, director of the Sherbrooke fire protection service.
Each piece of equipment must therefore be removed one at a time and evacuated at the top in the hope of reaching the workers, without causing another collapse.
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The cylinder where the experts must venture and at the bottom of which the workers are stuck is about sixty meters high and with a diameter of about ten meters.
Access to the cylinder is possible through three hatches of about thirty inches, or about 75 cm.
The accident occurred around 1:15 am on the night of Monday to Tuesday, in the factory which was shut down to allow work.
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The scaffolding inside, which was five stories high, collapsed on the workers for a reason not yet officially known.
Thermal cameras were used to locate the victims, but they were unsuccessful due to the extensive rubble.
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The Domtar plant manager declined to confirm whether those stranded were Domtar employees or contractors.
The event is still under investigation by the CNESST and the Sûreté du Québec as well.
Major SQ crimes are deployed on site and a command post has been established.
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