A pipeline worker is dead after he was sucked through a hole he just made in a water pipe in Taiwan, according to video and reports.
The incident took place at around 11:30am Monday in Tanzi District.
Video shows 50-year-old Zeng atop the steel pipe, using a lump hammer to knock out a square piece that had been cut by a coworker. However, when the steel plate finally gave way, Zeng lost his balance, falling forward.
Zeng caught himself for a brief moment, but the suction force caused by the vacuum inside the pipe sucked him feet-first into the pipe.
Zeng’s coworkers managed to pull him out of the pipe, however, by the time paramedics arrived he had lost all vital signs and was pronounced dead at the hospital.