Oh geez. This one could be a stomach-turner.
Even Researchers Were Shocked By How Tough Life Is For Sanitation Workers
One worker in India described how he had to go into one of these big sewers because there was a carcass of a cow down there that was blocking it. So he had to go down and cut the carcass into pieces. And he was saying that the municipality gave him a gun – an actual gun – because there are rats and snakes in the sewers. That was all the protective equipment that he received.
Another worker in India told of a time he went with three co-workers to unblock a manhole. And it was quite a deep one. So at some point he went out for a break, to have a cigarette. And when he came back he realized that his co-workers – who were still inside the sewer – had lost consciousness because of toxic gases, likely ammonia or carbon monoxide or sulfur dioxide. He immediately went in to try to save them and he fainted as well. Ultimately they were taken out of the manhole by an ambulance crew. He survived, but it took him three weeks to recover. And his three co-workers, because they had been exposed to the gases for longer than him, all died.
And to go into 61 pages of further detail, check this out:
Health, Safety and Dignity of Sanitation Workers
An Initial Assessment
It takes a true man to perform a disgustingly nasty job like this. I give them props.
Grace & Peace & Love to you all -
Matt
It is customary for me to put a photo relevant to the story on each blog post. You can only imagine what type of pictures came up on my Google search for this story. The photo is below. I warn you....... it is disgusting.
