Fire Fighters Rescue Painters to Fall 40 Meters High

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Municipal Coordination of Civil Protection and Fire Puerto Vallarta, who started with the rescue manoeuvres.

Quick action by elements of the Municipal Coordination of Civil Protection and Fire-fighters to the rescue of two workers who were suspended in a cage at about 40 meters while performing maintenance work on a hotel tall.

Realizing what happened fellow workers reported the facts to the authorities immediately going several officers of the Municipal Coordination of Civil Protection and Fire Puerto Vallarta, who started with the rescue manoeuvres.

The maneuvers lasted for over half an hour due to a difficult to access place, ropes were used and not without difficulty that lead people to the fifteenth floor where he proceeded to provide pre-hospital care to Jose Cruz Flores 47 Raúl Muñoz old terraces and 44, who had high blood pressure and nervous breakdown, being transferred to the clinic 42 Social Security.

It was at 10:00 am on Monday when two painters performing work on the façade of the hotel Secrets Vallarta Bay located on Calle David Alfaro Siqueiros and Febronio Uribe in the hotel zone Las Glorias, they were within a basket on the floor 15 and suddenly one of the pulleys that hold the rack gear broke down and was released, so were only supported by one of the pulleys. However, they were rescued by local elements.

Once the rescue of employees, staff Municipal Civil Protection conducted devoted to inspect the scene, detecting the fault is caused by the poor condition of the gears of the rack, so that the corresponding recommendations turned to compliance with proper maintenance of work equipment.