LSU FETI Adjunct Instructors Lee Hedgepeth and Rose Rivera rescued an unconscious railroad worker from a confined space on the grounds of Camp Minden.
Hedgepeth, also a firefighter at Bossier Parish Fire District 1, and Rivera, an EMT- Paramedic, worked together to save the railroad worker who lost consciousness while cleaning a tank car previously filled with hydrogen fluoride. Upon arrival with Bossier Parish Fire District #1, the rescuers set up air monitoring in the confined space and found oxygen levels at 7%. Lee and coworkers rigged a 5 to 1 haul system and lowered Lee, in full personal protective equipment, into the tank where he found the victim unconscious but with a heart rhythm. A hasty harness was attached and the victim was removed from the tank car nine minutes after arrival by Hedgepeth and his crew.
The victim was air-lifted to LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport by Air Life rescue.
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