Worker slides over 1/2 mile down sewer pipe

UNIVERSITY PLACE, Wash. (AP) - March 22, 2011

Authorities say the man was working on the sewer system at the plant and was about 150 feet below ground. He slid through a pipe that's about six feet in diameter.

Firefighters and co-workers pulled the man, a contractor for Pierce County Public Works and Utilities, to safety on Monday. He appeared to have minor injuries and was taken to an area hospital for further evaluation.

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