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sentences that state something as happening or true
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1 of 24 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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In short:
A man in his 60s was rescued after becoming trapped in a silo at a GrainCorp facility in Dunolly in central Victoria last week.
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man → rescue → Victoria
Rescuers say they used metal barricades to free the man, who was flown to hospital for observation and released the next day.
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who → say → observation
A WorkSafe investigation remains ongoing.
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investigation → remain → ?
A man who became trapped in a grain silo in central Victoria last week is lucky to be alive, according to rescuers involved in the operation to free him.
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who → trap → him
The man, aged in his 60s, was freed following an hours-long multi-agency rescue at GrainCorp's Dunolly facility last Tuesday.
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man → age → facility
Emergency services were called to the facility on Thompson St at about 3.30pm after workers had unsuccessfully attempted to free the man themselves.
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workers → call → man
The Country Fire Authority's (CFA) Bendigo-based specialised rescue team, Oscar One Technical Rescue Brigade, was called to the scene to assist the operation.
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team → base → operation
Oscar One brigade captain Karl Shay said he believed the operation had potentially saved the man's life.
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operation → say → life
"He was quite distressed," he said.
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he → say → ?
"He was in a lot of pain because the grain was pushing his leg onto a bracket, which was coming off an auger which runs through the bottom of the silo."
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which → push → silo
Mr Shay said crews had to develop a plan to free the man without causing more grain to collapse around him.
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grain → say → him
"Once you take a handful out and remove it, any higher grain obviously comes down and replaces that," he said.
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he → take → that
“The idea is, you build a wall around them, and then you extract the grain out from within the wall around the casualty enough that you can free them.
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you → build → them
Images of the rescue appear to show a makeshift barrier built around the man using pieces of corrugated iron and road signs.
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Images → appear → iron
Mr Shay said while silo rescues were uncommon, the specialist brigade regularly trained for grain entrapment incidents.
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brigade → say → incidents
The CFA said the silo was only about 10 per cent full at the time and the worker was trapped above his knee.
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worker → say → knee
Crews from Dunolly, Maryborough and Bealiba attended alongside the Oscar One specialist rescue unit, Fire Rescue Victoria, Victoria Police, the SES and Ambulance Victoria.
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Crews → attend → unit
CFA commander Hugh Kelly said in a statement the successful operation demonstrated the importance of cooperation between emergency services.
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operation → say → services
"Everyone worked really well together," he said.
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he → work → ?
"These are complex incidents, so it was really amazing that we were able to achieve such a positive outcome.
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we → achieve → outcome
The incident was declared safe at 7:08pm, with the man flown to Bendigo Health.
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man → declare → Health
He was released the next day.
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He → release → ?
GrainCorp has been contacted for comment.
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GrainCorp → contact → comment
A WorkSafe investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
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investigation → remain → incident
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