Two trench-collapse stories with two very different outcomes surfaced this past week. First, in Baltimore, Maryland, a 15-foot-deep excavated trench collapsed and killed a 20-year-old construction worker named Kyle Hancock.
The proper safety shoring wasn’t installed in the trench Hancock was working in, according to authorities. He was fixing a sewer line when the walls caved in.
Rescue personnel retrieved two other workers without incident, but spent 10 hours digging before they found Hancock’s body. Baltimore officials suspended the city’s contract with R.F. Warder’s — the company Hancock worked for — citing safety concerns.Meanwhile, the second trench-collapse out
News Briefs: Unshored 15-Foot Trench Collapses, Kills Worker
In this week's sewer and water news, one trench collapse in Maryland kills a construction worker, and a second worker is lucky to escape with his life after a similar collapse in Alberta
