WEST MELBOURNE, Fla. — Large Inflatable Rubber Plugs have been in use in large-scale infrastructure projects since at least the early 1920’s, when they were used in large cities to isolate and empty ...
As Donald Fenton sealed two pipes in a manhole Monday, an inflatable plug intended to stanch sewage flow burst, filling the manhole with water and killing Fenton. Federal Occupational Safety and ...