Construction Worker Gets Trapped in Concrete Pipe in Beaumont

A person got trapped inside a concrete pipe in Beaumont Saturday afternoon, and emergency crews had to work for more than two hours to free them, fire officials said.

A 9:26 a.m., fire crews got an industrial accident call for a person trapped inside a “confined space” in the Sundance area of Oak Valley Parkway and Starlight Avenue, Riverside County Fire Department Spokeswoman Jennifer Fuhrman said.

“Resources on scene are performing a confined space rescue to remove the patient from a concrete pipe,” she reported.

According to the spokeswoman, the trapped person was a construction worker who was doing some sort of work in the underground pipe. It wasn’t immediately clear how they got stuck.

Emergency crews had to also go inside the pipe to help pull the person out, as they were about five feet down in the ground.

“The patient was extricated and transported with moderate injuries via ground ambulance to local area hospital,” Fuhrman said, just before noon.

No other injuries were reported.

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