KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knox County Rural Metro Fire crews rescued a man who fell and got trapped at an auto parts manufacturing facility in the Eastbridge Business Park in Mascot on Thursday.
According to Jeff Bagwell, Rural Metro's public information officer, a man fell into a 40-foot tank and got trapped. He said the man was a subcontractor for the company and was cleaning out a tank containing transmission fluid. He said that while wrapping up the project, he slipped and fell into the tank.
They said he had minor injuries to his extremities, but couldn't climb out. Rural Metro used a tripod system with ropes and harnesses to get the man out.
He was taken to a hospital with what Bagwell said were non-life-threatening injuries. He also said while the tank is around up to 40 feet large, the total distance the man fell could be less.