June 13, 2018
Manchester , CT
A worker suffered minor injuries when an excavator fell into a hole at a construction site in Manchester Wednesday.
The fire department confirmed the accident at a site on Main Street. It was not immediately clear how the accident took place.
The town Fire Department responded to the scene, Assistant Chief David French said.
The operator, an employee of Cherry Hill Construction, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The company worked through the evening to remove the excavator.
An investigator from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration was to be on scene today and asked fire officials to take photos before the excavator was removed, French said.
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June 13, 2018
Manchester , CT
An excavator fell to the basement of a building that was being demolished Wednesday afternoon, according to the Manchester fire department.
The excavator fell through a hole in the former Carter Chevrolet building at the corner of Charter Oak and Main Streets.
The operator was transported to a hospital with minor injuries, the fire department said.
The Cherry Hill Construction company worked to remove the excavator from the partly demolished building Wednesday evening, officials said.
The building is being demolished to make way for a 14,600-square-foot CVS pharmacy and a smaller building. Plans for the demolition and the new structures were approved by the town’s planning and zoning commission in 2014.
Figure 1. NTSB drone aerial photograph of damaged bridge and debris.
Figure 2. Ballast subsided from the outside edge of the crossties.
Figure 3. NTSB aerial drone photograph taken after freight cars were removed from main track one;
Wayne David Dawson
Courtesy Waltham City
