Firefighters Rescue Worker from Kansas City Trench Collapse
12/1/2016
KANSAS CITY (AP) — A federal agency is investigating after firefighters had to rescue a man trapped in a mud trench at a Kansas City work site.
OSHA says an employee of Hydro Tech Plumbing was injured after the trench he was working in collapsed. The worker was repairing underground sewer lines in a trench more than 10 feet deep. OSHA says it’s investigated collapses in which 23 workers have died since January.
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