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hrmjustin

(71,265 posts) Tue Dec 3, 2013, 01:06 PM Dec 2013

Worker dies when trench wall collapses

MAYBROOK – A trench being constructed for the New York City DEP collapsed on Monday trapping three laborers. Two were rescued and the third was killed in the Maybrook incident.

Montgomery Town Police Chief Arnold Amthor said the call came in around 12:40 p.m. at 918 Homestead Avenue in Maybrook.

“Two individuals suffered serious injuries and were taken, one by helicopter to Westchester Medical Center, one by ambulance to Orange Regional,” Amthor said. “Another individual was pinned underneath the retaining wall.”

It took several hours to free him and he was dead at the scene.

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Worker dies when trench wall collapses (Original Post) hrmjustin Dec 2013 OP

May he rest in peace. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #1

Nasty and always a fear intaglio Dec 2013 #2

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)

1. May he rest in peace.

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Tue Dec 3, 2013, 01:07 PM

Dec 2013

intaglio

(8,170 posts)

2. Nasty and always a fear

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Tue Dec 3, 2013, 01:23 PM

Dec 2013

One job I worked at I was down in a 3m trench taking a level when the working face collapsed ...

Luckily the works were shielded so I could duck out.

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