On 10 June, in the afternoon, a man feel about 15 metres into the cargo hold of a ship.
He fractured his lower limbs and suffered head injuries.
The SCDF said that they received a call for help at Jurong Port, at about 5pm.
What happened?
The rescuers worked alongside emergency medical services from Jurong and Jurong Island fire stations.
They went below the deck to assess the situation and stabilise the man’s condition.
The SCDF’s Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) was activated to work with the company’s emergency response team, carefully securing the man onto a stretcher.
They then pulled him out of the cargo hold.
SCDF said:
“The final stage of the rescue operation involved the delicate manoeuvring of the stretcher within the confines of a narrow hatch.”
The injured man was subsequently conveyed to NUH.
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