Delano, California — Authorities in Delano and in MacFarland said that a worker was badly injured on Tuesday of this week (May 26, 2015) and had to be flown to a hospital after he was the victim of a trench collapse. They said that this happened in a vineyard, in between Delano and MacFarland.
According to their reports, it was about 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday morning when the call came in about the trench collapse. The worker was apparently with some other men that morning and was installing a drainage system for the vineyard when something went wrong.
The trench he was in collapsed around him and he had to be dug out by co-workers. After he was taken to a hospital, authorities said that he suffered leg and torso injuries.
More details about how the trench collapsed and whether proper shoring devices were used will hopefully be brought to light later.
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