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The following is a description of a machinery rescue call from Andrew Brassard and the Milton (Ontario) Fire Department. They received the call around 11:30 pm a few days back for a man caught in a machine at the Leaver Mushroom Plant. At the end are some leasons learned and other things to think about. Also, be sure to check out the linked man-lift rescue post with more variables.

One of the Milton, Ontario Fire Department crews set up a scenario where they had to rescue a “patient” from the bottom of the cliff… but they had to go through and around several trees at the edge of the cliff. Rattlesnake point (where they get most of their rope calls has some pretty tricky edges with overhangs and trees ...