Theft For Scrap Metal Can Sadly Lead to Injuries – CAPs Improve Safety By Eliminating the Reward
CAP composite manhole covers provide zero recycled content, no rewards for criminals, and safer streets with covers in their place. Tack welding, special locks, and other solutions are merely costly band-aids and can be bypassed by clever thieves.
Video: Houston Man Survives Nine Days After Fall in Manhole
Houston Man Survives 9 Days After Falling in Coverless Manhole October 19, 2017
The gentleman in the video survived 9 days stuck in a manhole after falling into the sewer hole that was missing the manhole cover. Theft of manhole covers for the metal scrap content can injure and even kill, but through his survival skills, he was able to make it out okay…CAP is happy that he is now recovering.
Falling Injury Cases Blanket US Television News
Providence Jogger Falls into Coverless Hole
April 6, 2015 – Channel 10 NBC News in Providence, RI reports that a jogger falls into an open manhole and was “seriously hurt.”
11 Year-Old San Antonio Girl Injured from Fall
Stolen manhole covers replaced after 11 year-old girl falls in a manhole and injures herself.
Record Verdict for Manhole Fall After Cover Theft
$85 Million Verdict for Brown University Medical Student Who Fell Into Coverless Manhole
“According to Lawyers USA, the Gustafsson verdict was the largest personal injury verdict in the United States for 2008. It is also the largest premises liability verdict in Pennsylvania history, and the second-largest compensatory verdict ever in the state.”