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On Thursday afternoon, local firefighters in San Francisco rescued a worker who fell 15 feet into a confined space on a U.S. Navy auxiliary vessel. The vessel, the Kaiser-class replenishment oiler Guadalupe, was in dry dock at a private facility at the time of the accident. The worker suffered moderate injuries but was conscious and breathing. The fire department said in an update that he would be taken to a trauma center, and that his injuries were not life threatening. Officials described the space as a narrow hole of 10 to 15 feet deep. It lacked ventilation, and the fire department had to ensure that the victim and rescuers had sufficient oxygen levels in the compartment during the rescue. A fire department spokesman said that the injured man was not a Navy servicemember. http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/worker-on-navy-ship-rescued-from-confined-space