An irrigation district canal worker drowned after falling into a standpipe while trying to shut off the water flow. A nearby home was being flooded because of a broken water line. And the victim was dispatched to the pipe to shut it off. Later, the supervisor tried to contact the man via portable radio and could not reach him. The victim was found in the pipe, which measured four feet (1.2 meters) in diameter and 16 feet (4.9 meters) high, with only his foot above the water. The standpipe and water shutoff valve wheel were not safe. The ladder up the outside […]