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20-year-old construction worker Kyle Hancock burried alive after unshored trench collapse in Clifton Park, MD |
Construction Worker Recovered From Baltimore Trench Identified
June 6, 2018
BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ)– After an hours-long effort, first responders recover a construction worker who was trapped in a trench in Clifton Park.
Officials were at the park located near Sinclair Lane and Chester Street in northeast Baltimore, where they finally recovered 20-year-old Kyle Hancock just after 1:30 a.m. Wednesday, after nearly 12 hours of rescue efforts.
The construction company that was onsite was R.F. Warder Inc.
Construction crews were working from Tuesday afternoon to recover the body. Hancock was buried alive when dirt collapsed on top of him as he was working.
“It appears that the hole the worker was inside, it was not properly shored up,” said Baltimore Fire Spokesperson Blair Skinner.
If someone is working four feet or deeper it is required that temporary walls are built or a metal box is put down to protect anybody working that deep. The hole in question was 14 feet deep.
The cause of the collapse is under investigation.
However, the scenes from the site show that the trench was unshored. What makes this reckless violation even more reckless is the fact that there is water at the bottom of the trench. The presence of the water makes the slopes and the ground even more unstable and subject to movement.
The company that allowed this to happen need to go out of business and jailed for life.
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BALTIMORE, MD (ABC7) — A 19-year-old construction worker is dead after he was buried over 15 feet underground Tuesday and crews spent over seven hours trying to dig him out.
The Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service was one of multiple agencies who aided the Baltimore City Fire Department after the man became trapped at a site in the area of North Chester Street and Sinclair Lane Tuesday afternoon.
Fire officials say the man's body was found around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday and pulled from the debris around 3:45 a.m.
The fire department has not said specifically how the man became trapped.
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Crews Continue Hours-long Recovery Of Construction Worker Trapped In Baltimore Trench
By Kimberly Eiten
June 5, 2018
BALTIMORE, MD (WJZ)– First responders recover a construction worker who is trapped in a trench in Clifton Park.
Officials are at the park located near Sinclair Lane and Chester Street in Northeast Baltimore, where they were attempting for hours to recover a 20-year-old man Tuesday afternoon into the night.
“It appears that the hole the worker was inside, it was not properly shored up,” said Baltimore Fire Spokesperson Blair Skinner.
Neighbors watched as the construction crew began working Tuesday morning.
“We was out here when these guys first start working. Then I was coming back across town from another project, and I saw all the confusion going on,” said Goether Roberts, who works nearby.
“I’ve never seen anything happen like this. Never. In all of my days,” neighbor Wanda Marshall said.
The Montgomery County Fire Department tweeted that structural engineers are assisting in the recovery.