That sounds like a clear OSHA violation.
Whose administration approved this monstrosity?
Approved all the way back in 2012, you say? Construction didn't start until 2019, and boring started later?
Posted on 07/10/2025 6:37:25 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the industrial tunnel on the 1700 block of South Figueroa Street shortly before 8 p.m.
The tunnel was filled with workers at the time, who were located 300-400 feet beneath the surface and around six miles away from the tunnel’s only access point.
More than 100 LAFD responders arrived at the scene, including Urban Search and Rescue team members who were specially trained and equipped to handle confined space tunnel rescues.
Some workers who were separated inside the tunnel had to climb over a 12-to 15-foot pile of loose soil to escape and join their colleagues on the other side.
Sky5 footage captured the rescue efforts as they were hoisted to the surface from the tunnel, which had an 18-foot diameter. The workers stepped inside a metal compartment that was lifted by a crane to the surface.
Around 9:20 p.m., all 31 workers were safely extricated and accounted for. Many were seen hugging each other. No injuries were reported as paramedics evaluated each person at the scene.
The wastewater tunnel site is part of the L.A. County Sanitation District’s Clearwater Project, which spans seven miles and is being “constructed to protect local waterways by addressing aging infrastructure,” according to the project’s website.
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bkmk
Probably not a good idea to have DEI designing and operating large tunnels.
In our younger years, something similar happened to my BFFs husband while he was working underground for the city.
That was one helluva long day for all involved. He was OK, but he was never the same. :(
Didn’t they just walk out over the pile of collapsed dirt? If so, nobody rescued anybody. They watched as they walked out.
“””Probably not a good idea to have DEI designing and operating large tunnels.”””
Nor is it a good idea to build a huge tunnel in earthquake prone Los Angeles.
How much money did Los Angeles get from the Feds for this tunnel????
You could not get me to to more than ditch deep in that area as unstable as it is with so many faults. Fault gouge is ground rubble looking for a place to fall.
When they dug similar tunnels in Houston and under the ship channel all I could imagine was mud, maybe shale.
Had a classmate that specialized in soft sediment tunneling.
That sounds like a clear OSHA violation.
Whose administration approved this monstrosity?
Approved all the way back in 2012, you say? Construction didn't start until 2019, and boring started later?
You can be sure in Los Angeles the contract went to a DEI firm, possibly “all women.”
Reminds me of the DEI “all women contractors” bridge in Florida that collapsed in 2018 killing six people:
“The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) identified an engineering design error as a direct cause of the collapse. Specifically, there was a miscalculation of the available interface shear capacity, leading to an under-reinforced connection. This resulted in insufficient steel rebar being embedded in the concrete between the base of member 11 and the deck.”
What happens when incompetents are put in charge of projects.
Thank God no one was killed in the collapsed tunnel.
400 feet down
SOOOOOOOOOO—LOS ANGELES IS GOING TO KEEP DUMPING WASTE WATER INTO THE PACIFIC OCEAN??????
WHERE IS THE EPA ON THIS???????
Rescued by Big Bad John?
Now that brings back memories.
400 feet down.
Might that be below sea level?
Hey that’s Treated waste water and storm runoff.
Perfectly acceptable under the rules for Dems.
Besides, those payoffs aren’t gonna pay themselves. Need an infrastructure project or two.
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