Yeah thats a pretty crappy thing to be in:D
Its one thing when it is your own, but someone else's poo?
The worst stink, I ever was in...
We were rodding a manhole duct in Manhattan,NYC and the rod came out very muddy. The conduit needs to be clean so the fiber optic cable we were pulling does not become damaged. Rodding is pushing a fiberglass rod through a conduit, get the rod, tie a rope to it, place a ball and brush on it and pull the rope through the pipe and use the rope to pull the cable. We didn't have the ball n brush:rolleyes:
A rodder is like a electric snake for the toilet, but it is mounted on a truck. I was in the manhole on the other end. Unbeknown to me, the crew on the other end removed the rod and tried to blow out the obstruction with a air compressor. 90lbs of air sent into the conduit without checking if anyone was still in the hole:rolleyes::eek:. Out came the nastiest liquid,gravel and crud I have ever smelled... and I have worked in pollution plants. I came out of the hole like the creature from the black lagoon stinking to high heaven! I chased after the guy that did it:mad::mad:, then I realized how lucky I was that I didn't get hurt, just very dirty and smelly. I broke out laughing and the crew broke out their camera phones:mad:. My foreman went to a store and bought me sweatpants, T shirt and flipflops, drove me to my car and sent me home for the day with pay. Luckily it was June and warm out. I made it a point to never work with that guy again. I cheated injury and maybe death. I used Sport Wash to clean up with and it worked great!