On September 21, an eight-year-old girl was killed in a well accident in a neighborhood in Xi'an. Involved in the incident was a fire well located in the green belt of the district, about seven or eight meters deep, in which the depth of water is more than two meters, the water surface from the mouth of the well is about four meters, the well is three meters wide and twenty meters long. At the time of the incident, the mouth of the well was covered only by three pieces of plywood.

       On the night of the incident, the girl, after attending a classmate's birthday party, was playing hide-and-seek with several children in the neighborhood courtyard when she accidentally fell into a fire well in the greenbelt. Another child found, rushed to adults for help. Homeowners joined forces to rescue the girl. From the girl fell into the well to be rescued, about half an hour or so. Subsequently, the girl was carried away on a 120 stretcher to save her life, but eventually passed away.

          After the incident, the community property sealed the well with two steel plates and pressed a few bricks.

News source: Surfing News

       Every time we see such news is deeply saddening. Manhole falls occur every year, constantly sounding the safety alarm to people. Manhole safety management is crucial, it is related to personal safety and public safety.

       In the daily manhole cover inspection work, if purely rely on human patrol, manhole cover a huge number, covering an area of light, time-consuming and laborious, inefficient, easy to patrol is not in place, can be introduced into the intelligent supervision system, through the advanced manhole cover monitoring sensors, the Internet of Things, the system platform of manhole cover for real-time monitoring, abnormal reporting, automatic dispatch, maintenance feedback, reduce the difficulty of manhole cover patrol, enhance the effectiveness of manhole cover safety management.